On the evening of February 10, Beijing time, the Snooker Players Tournament continued. In the first quarter-final, the young Chinese post-00s player Yan Bingtao, after playing a three-shot breaker and taking the lead in getting the match point, still lost to the old Hawkins and was eliminated by the opponent 6-5.
Both sides play
In the previous first round of matches, Yan Bingtao defeated Potato Brother Gilbert 6-4, and Master Huo beat Zhao Xintong 6-3. After the game began, Yan Bingtao entered the state faster, blasting two consecutive shots to break the hundred, winning two consecutive sets at 139-0 and 111-22, leading 2-0. In the third set, Yan Bingtao still started first, but after scoring 30 points, the attack was interrupted, and Master Huo seized the opportunity to play 86 points to win with a single shot. The fourth set was the same, and It was Yan Bingtao who started first, but after scoring 18 points, the attack was terminated. After a brief defensive entanglement, Hawkins won by 77 points, and the two sides drew 2-2.
Yan Bingtao
Returning from the halftime break, Master Huo continued to feel in his hands, and in the fifth set, he scored a 95-point zero seal to Yan Bingtao, and the big score was 3-2. In the sixth and seventh innings that followed, Yan Bingtao regained his touch and shot two 50+, winning two consecutive sets at 91 (54)-7 and 98 (98)-0, leading again 4-3. In the crucial eighth set, Yan Bingtao did not seize the opportunity to expand the results, and the experienced Hawkins won 96-1 with multiple starts, pulling the big score to a 4-4 draw again.
Yan Bingtao lost 5-6
After the two sides returned to the same running line, Yan Bingtao once again threatened in the ninth set, and after Master Huo was sent four points, he blasted out a single shot of 132 points to win with a 136 (132)-0 shot, and the big score was 5-4 to get the match point. At the critical time, ginger is still old and spicy. The dying Hawkins scored 126 points in the tenth inning and scored a 5-5 draw to enter the decider. In the final set, both sides were cautious, and in the global match between An, Master Huo had the upper hand and seized the opportunity to seal Yan Bingtao 81-0, thus reversing the promotion with a large score of 6-5. Yan Bingtao scored three shots to over 100 and still missed the semifinals.