In the early morning of April 20, the snooker World Championship ended a focus battle, China's post-00s young player Yan Bingtao performed well, played 2 shots to break 1009 50+, in the case of a 5-4 lead at halftime, the total score was 10-6 light qualifier Chris Wakelin, the second time in his career to advance to the World Championships Round of 16 defending champion Selby, "Yan Sai" single season 4 times to complete the trip. In another match played in the same period, the post-90s star Jack Lissovsky won a 6-3 lead over the post-70s star Matthew Stevens at half-time, and the second stage of the match between the two sides will continue at 21:30 Beijing time on April 20.
Yan Bingtao after winning the Masters championship, has been regarded by the outside world as the most powerful contender for the Chinese Legion World Championship, the degree of optimism even surpassed Ding Junhui, this time the opponent is the world's 62nd wei kelin, but the latter has a tough style of play, in the first half of the performance of a single set of extreme reversals, Yan Bingtao in the case of blasting out a shot to break 1007 50+, the half actually only achieved a small lead of 5-4, can be described as a no-score. At the start of the second half, Wakelin came up and fired a 77 points to equalize the total score! In the 11th set, Yan Bingtao scored a single shot of 55 points to take the lead again.
In the 12th set, Yan Bingtao blasted out a single 106-point clean sheet against the opponent, in the 13th set, Yan Bingtao won the offensive and defensive battle 77-17, and in the 14th set, Yan Bingtao added another 50+, winning 4 consecutive games with a total score of 9-5 to quickly take the match point! In the 15th set, Wakelin struggled to win back a set 62-51, and in the 16th set, Yan Bingtao did not give his opponent another chance, ending the game 70-8. In the case of the No. 2 table next door, Lisovsky blasted a 2-shot 1004 50+ to lead Stevens 6-3 on aggregate, laying a good promotion situation.