China's post-00s rising star hit three shots to break the hundred, Yan Bingtao is still eliminated! O'Sullivan missed out on the top 4. In the 2022 Snooker Players Championship quarterfinals, China's post-00s rising star Yan Bingtao played against Hawkins, this time Yan Bingtao scored a three-shot break, and also once led 2-0, but finally Hawkins completed the reversal 6-5 and advanced to the top 4. O'Sullivan lost 3-6 to Robertson and missed the semifinals.
Originally, the outside world was looking forward to Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao meeting in the second round, but in the first round, Zhao Xintong lost to Hawkins, so that Yan Bingtao would play against Hawkins in the second round, before the two had three encounters, Yan Bingtao ended in failure. In this competition, Yan Bingtao quickly entered the state, and as soon as he came up, he scored a single shot of 139 points to win the first set. In the second set, Hawkins made a mistake, yan Bingtao seized the opportunity to play a single 109 points to clear the table, another set, the total score of 2-0 lead. In the third set, Yan Bingtao scored 30 points and the attack stopped, and Hawkins scored a single 86 points to win back a set. In the fourth set, Yan Bingtao made a mistake, Hawkins scored a single 77 points, and then won another set, and the total score of the two was 2-2. In the fifth set, Yan Bingtao made a mistake and was sent 4 points, and Hawkins scored a single shot of 95 points to win the total score of 3-2.
In the sixth set, Yan Bingtao scored a single shot of 54 points to win 91-7, and the two were tied on aggregate. In the seventh set, both made mistakes, but Yan Bingtao took the lead in seizing the opportunity and scored a single 98-point clean sheet to lead 4-3 on aggregate. In the eighth set, Hawkins withstood the pressure and won 96-1, and the two were tied again on aggregate. In the ninth set, Yan Bingtao felt hot and scored a single shot of 132 points, and the total score was 5-4 to get the match point. In the tenth inning, Hawkins fought with his backs, scoring a single shot of 126 points, dragging the game into the decider. In the decider, Yan Bingtao was fined 8 points for a mistake in solving the ball, and Hawkins seized the opportunity to score a single 73 points to seal the victory, thus winning 6-5 on aggregate and advancing to the semifinals.
In another focus battle, O'Sullivan and Robertson fought, the first two sets of the two were tied 1-1, and then Robertson played a single shot of 52 points, 82 points, 80 points to win three consecutive sets, leading 4-1 on aggregate. Although O'Sullivan chased two consecutive sets, Robertson soon regained control of the game and eventually won 6-3 on aggregate. O'Sullivan will not be able to return to world number one this week after losing this game.