On March 1, the Welsh Open postponed qualification match began, Chinese players began to compete, Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao are the focus of China's snooker, Yan Bingtao defeated Hu Jill 4-3 to successfully qualify, which should have been congratulated, but the whole game was not pleasant, delayed for nearly 5 hours, and even made the audience and commentators impatient, making Yan Bingtao's name of "China Selby" more and more loud.
The game started yesterday evening and took five hours until it ended around 3 a.m., which was not only a great test of patience for the players, but also a torture for the audience and the commentators.
The most important point is that Hu Jier used a delaying tactic, Yan Bingtao was not afraid when dealing with it, because he originally liked to play slowly, known as "China Selby", so the two began an endurance "marathon".
Hu Jill thought about every shot for a long time, Yan Bingtao also returned the respect, the average time of the two shots was 34.5 seconds, 26.5 seconds, and in the crucial sixth inning, the two defended successively, and no one gave in, so that the audience cheered up when Yan Bingtao made a mistake, and even the professional commentator helplessly sighed: "Professional snooker disaster."
One is a Chinese snooker player, the other is a player ranked only N.81, the two did not have to torture each other so much, did not expect that neither of them let go, both used the same tactics, so that the commentators doubted whether the two had a holiday.
Although he won the ball, But Yan Bingtao fell behind in the pattern, many fans think that Yan Bingtao did not need to fight with Hu Jill, after all, there is a gap in strength between the two, there are many opportunities during the game, but Yan Bingtao is too defensive, and there are fans who support Yan Bingtao, thinking that it is good to win.
On the issue of "grinding the ball", has been controversial by fans, although the slow pace does not violate the rules of the snooker tournament, but from the perspective of ornamentation, fans prefer crisp and clean games, such as O'Sullivan is always hot and popular, deeply loved by fans, if you encounter the "Grinding King" duel, it will be particularly difficult for both the commentators and the fans, and even the players themselves are also a huge test, it is a double oppression of physical strength and will, even Snooker star Selby has been complained by many fans, So it's no surprise that Yan Bingtao and Hu Jier's match was applauded.
In fact, there are many players in the mainland who use slow-paced playing methods, such as Li Xing, Lu Ning, Yan Bingtao, etc., in contrast, fans prefer Zhao Xintong, who likes to attack, although Zhao Xintong is still relatively weak in defense, but he relies on accuracy and the will to continue to attack, and has also achieved good results, better in ornamentality, advantages and disadvantages, each player chooses different tactics, and will use different tactics to deal with different opponents, can only say that the use of slow-paced tactics can not meet the wishes of most fans.