Recently, the 22nd World Championships activity day was held as scheduled, at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, after two seasons, the World Championships finally resumed the media day, and the seeded players appeared one after another, attracting the attention of many fans, and the scene was lively, which was the clarion call of the World Championships.
Two Chinese seeded players appeared, Zhao Xintong, dressed in a white suit, was particularly conspicuous among the players with black and gray tones, and it was obvious that he had carefully prepared for the media day, and Yan Bingtao chose a calm black suit, which complemented his own stable personality.
According to the media day arrangement, the first need to take off-site photographs, when only 14 seeded players gathered, Lisovsky and Trump were absent from the link, and the possibility of being late was not ruled out, because the two appeared again during the follow-up media interview.
In the seat arrangement, O'Sullivan and the 21st World Championship champion Selby sat in the middle position and became the C position, the rear Robertson and Sean Murphy stood in the middle position, Zhao Xintong and the "strongest post-90s" Wilson sat together, the rear was Yan Bingtao, the celebrities looked quite good, especially Higgins, extra relaxed, he had been accustomed to this scene for many media days, not as restrained as a young player, with his arms crossed in front of his chest, very calm.
In the follow-up link, several people entered the field to take pictures, at this time, in the same order as in the field, O'Sullivan was next to Zhao Xintong, which showed the good relationship between the two. As we all know, O'Sullivan is very optimistic about Zhao Xintong, and has also publicly said that he has guided Zhao Xintong, the two have sympathy for each other, many interactions, Zhao Xintong is also very grateful for the help of the rocket, and now the World Championship is about to start, Zhao Xintong and O'Sullivan are arranged in the second half, O'Sullivan and Zhao Xintong's probability of meeting is not small, both are good at attacking players, the game is very high, look forward to the two can really come to a wonderful showdown!
As a 21-year world champion, Selby is the winner of the trophy, although Selby has missed many ranking matches because of deep psychological distress, but many fans are still optimistic about him, and foreign media predict that he may become the defending champion.
Compared with other players, Yan Bingtao is not conspicuous, this season Yan Bingtao did not play a very obvious result, he himself also faced this matter calmly in the interview session, saying that the results are not outstanding but relatively stable, so the self-evaluation performance is justified.
In the first round, Yan Bingtao's opponent was Wei Kelin, and Yan Bingtao said that the two had only played once, so they did not know him very well, but because after the qualification competition, Wei Kelin's hand should feel good. Even so, Yan Bingtao is not worried about his performance, he said that if he plays normally, then winning the first round is not a particularly big thing, and the words reveal confidence.