In the early morning of April 20, Beijing time, the first round of the 2022 Snooker World Championship ended a scramble, the 16th seed of the tournament, China's yan Bingtao against England's Wecklin, the two in the first stage of the local morning court 9 innings, Yan Bingtao performed better, leading 5-4, in the second stage of the late game, Yan Bingtao won 4 consecutive sets in the case of being chased to a 5-5 draw, won the match point, although after the regret of being chased by the opponent's single set reversal of a point, and finally won 10-6, advancing to the round of 16, The second round will take on defending champions Selby. World Championships 5th Preview - Ding Junhui debuts! Battle Wilson hit the round of 16, Higgins anti-explosion cold
Yan Bingtao, a post-00s player of the Chinese Legion, has played in the World Championships as a seed for two consecutive seasons, and his opponent in the first round this year is England's Wei Kelin, who is ranked 62nd in the world. Yan Bingtao is in good overall condition this season, having won the second place in the German Masters, but was defeated 9-0 by Zhao Xintong in the final, creating an embarrassing record. Before the World Championships, Yan Bingtao was lucky enough to get the opportunity to return to the top 16 and was able to directly enter the main tournament as a seed.
The results of the match will be decided in one day, and in the first nine innings of the morning game, Yan Bingtao played a gorgeous stat, breaking 1 hundred and 7 50+, but in the third and sixth innings, he suffered a single-set reversal of the opponent's single score, and finally only led Wecklin 5-4. At the start of the second stage of the evening, Wakelin came up and scored a single 77 points to tie the score to 5-5. However, in the next four innings, he was pinched by Yan Bingtao, who played a single shot of 55 points in a row, a single score of 106 points and a single shot of 53 points, winning four consecutive sets and directly getting a 9-5 match point opportunity. In the 15th set, Yan Bingtao made another key ball mistake, and was reversed by the opponent in a single set, chasing a set. In the last set, Yan Bingtao repeatedly started to complete the super points, and finally won 10-6 to advance.
In the whole game, Yan Bingtao sent a perfect report card, in addition to playing 2 to break the hundred, there were 9 50+; and the opponent also had 1 shot to break the hundred, and 4 strokes 50+. After winning to advance to the Round of 16, Yan Bingtao will challenge defending champion Selby in the second round, which will be an uphill battle.
In addition, the match between the No. 6 seed and quadruple-crowned "Wizard" Higgins and the Thai "fast gunner" Takchaia is the second time the two have met in the first round of the World Championships. This time, Tachaia obviously did not want to leave regrets again, so in the first stage of the 9-inning competition, Tachaia continued his accuracy and offensive firepower, although only one shot broke the hundred, the foreign coach two shots 60+, but achieved a 5-4 lead. Higgins nearly shot a 3-shot 128 and 106 points, plus a 98.