At this year's Snooker World Championships, the first Chinese player to go out was born, and he was Lu Haotian. At one point, after falling behind 3-8, Lu Haotian struggled to recover 2 points, but still failed to create a miracle, and finally lost 5-10 to former world champion Bingham, and did not qualify for the round of 16.
In the first round of the World Championships, China's Lu Haotian took on former world champion Bingham. As one of the leaders of China's younger generation, Lu Haotian won the World Youth Championship in 2012 at the age of 14, and defeated Dale at the National Championships at the end of the same year to enter the quarterfinals, becoming the youngest ranking player in snooker history. Unfortunately, Lu Haotian's growth has not been very smooth since then, and this time entering the World Championships is only his third time in the finals.
It is worth mentioning that in 2018, Lu Haotian defeated Hong Kong star Fu Jiajun 10-5 in his main event debut to advance to the round of 16, which is also his best result at the World Championships. Last year, he made his second qualifying for the main tournament, where he was swept 10-2 by Allen.
In the first stage of the match played on the 18th, the two played 6-3. In the 9th inning, Bingham conceded a super-score after scoring a single 68 points, and Lu Haotian completed the single-shot clearance without scoring for more than 50 minutes, reversing the game. Due to the 19-game 10-win system in the first round, Bingham only needs to take 4 more sets to advance, which is a very big test for Lu Haotian. At the beginning of Stage 2, Bingham was hot and went down two sets in a row to take an 8-3 lead.
In the 12th inning, Allen's defensive error leaked out of the middle bag, and Lu Haotian played a thin red ball. Allen made a mistake after scoring 14 points in a row and terminated the offense. Lu Haotian scored a super point around the black ball attack continuously, scoring 86 points in a single shot, and finally pulled back a point, 4-8.
In the 13th set, Bingham opened the game with a black ball and the mother ball fell into the bag, giving Lu Haotian 7 points. Lu Haotian made a mistake after scoring 62 points and had no choice but to turn to defense. Bingham scored twice to tie the score to 69. In the end, bingham sent the black ball to the mouth of the bag, and Lu Haotian smiled and pulled another point, 5 to 8.
In the 14th set, Lu Hao scored from afar, and after a single shot of 55 points, he made a major mistake, and left the red ball directly at the bottom pocket when hitting the red ball. Bingham accepted the gift and won the set with 68 points, 9-5, taking the lead in the match point. When he did not seize the opportunity to chase points when his hands were hot, but there was a serious mistake and was reopened by the opponent, Lu Haotian was really regrettable. The mistake also became a turning point in the game.
In the 15th set, Bingham hit the yellow ball wrong after starting, but Lu Haotian's mentality was affected and he did not seize the opportunity. Bingham rejoined and scored the final points 67-6. The aggregate score was 10-5, and Bingham eliminated Lu Haotian to enter the next round. Coupled with the defeat to Allen last year, Lu Haotian fell into the 1 magic spell: the main game was not won by foreign players. I hope that he will adjust well in the future, whether it is mentality or skills can be improved.