On the evening of April 19, the snooker World Championship ended the first stage of a focus battle, the mainland 00 young player Yan Bingtao attacked hot, half shot 1 shot to break 100 7 50+ scoreless, many times by Wakelin's single set of the limit reversal, the first half only achieved a small lead of 5-4, failed to open the score, the promotion situation can not be too optimistic. In another match played in the same period, the top favourite Neil Robertson won eight consecutive sets in the mid-set to win 10-5 on aggregate to qualify for Azli Hegel, waiting for the winner between Lisovsky and Stevens.
Yan Bingtao after winning the Masters championship, the current best record of the competition this season is the top 4, has not yet reached the final, this World Championship together with Zhao Xintong, is regarded as one of the players who are expected to impact the championship of the Chinese legion, the opponent Wei Kelin ranked 62nd in the world, there should be a gap in strength, but "there is no weak brigade in the main game". At the beginning of the game, Yan Bingtao showed a good offensive feel, single shot 71 points to take the lead, in the second inning, Wei Kelin returned a shot of 130 points also in color, in the 3rd inning, Yan Bingtao played a single shot 68 points, and then Wei Kelin single shot 74 points extreme reversal, reminding Yan Bingtao to face himself! In the 4th set, Yan Bingtao responded with a 79-point shot to enter the break 2-2.
In the 5th inning after the break, Yan Bingtao scored a 69 points to form a super score and then added another 50+ to win the set 125-9, with a total score of 3-2! In the 6th set, Yan Bingtao scored a super score of 62 points, and Wecklin reversed the limit again at 64-62! In the 7th set, When Wei Kelin held 40 points in Yan Bingtao's hand, he scored 55 points again in a single game to reverse, and the total score was 4-3! In the 8th set, Yan Bingtao equalized with 84 points! In the 9th set, Yan Bingtao scored a single shot to break the hundred, and the second stage of the match between the two sides will be played at 2 am. Robertson of the No. 2 table next door led 6-3 in the first half, beating Hegel 10-5 on aggregate to advance to the round of 16. Then at 21:30 Lu Haotian and Bingham will decide the winner, and Higgins will appear at the same time.