The Snooker Players Tournament ended a quarter-final last night, with Yan Bingtao facing Hawkins, who eliminated Zhao Xintong in the first round. The two played 11 innings, and finally Yan Bingtao missed the match point, losing to Hawkins 5-6 and failing to reach the final four.
In this game, Yan Bingtao continued the recent fiery offensive feel, following the first round and then playing three hundred, and the other two winning sets were also one-shot wins. Not to be outdone, Hawkins had one hundred and three 50+ in the first 10 innings. In the decider, Yan Bingtao's long platform had a serious deviation, leaving Hawkins with a pocket ball, and Hawkins scored a single shot of 73 points to kill the game.
This defeat is a pity for Yan Bingtao, and it has made his originally clear world championship seedings more variable. Originally, he beat Tudou brother in the first round of the German Masters and the Players Championship, opening up the gap with the latter. But now, another famous player, Walton, is catching up. Walton is now in the semi-finals of the Players' Championship, and if he goes further to eliminate Hawkins in tonight's semi-finals, he will have a favorable position in the tournament qualification competition with Yan Bingtao and others - the first round of the Tour Championship is also out of the £20,000, a prize money that can greatly affect the ownership of world championship seeds.
The Tour Championship is the last ranking tournament before the World Championships, and before the Tour Championship, there are also the European Masters, the Welsh Open, the Turkish Masters and the Gibraltar Open. At present, Yan Bingtao can only win this thrilling seed battle by letting go and fighting for the victory of every game. Cheer him on!
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