On the morning of April 20, Beijing time, the 2022 Snooker World Championship continued to compete in the first round, the Chinese legion produced a second player to advance to the second round, and Yan Bingtao, a supernova after 00, played a super offensive performance, 2 shots broke 9 50 + beat Walkerlin 10-6, reaching the round of 16 of the World Championships for three consecutive years. Yan Bingtao's second-round opponent is the defending champion Selby, and the current post-00s player is already the player with the best psychological quality and stability in China, and it is possible to surpass Ding Junhui to take the lead in realizing the dream of winning the World Championship.
Yan Bingtao can be called a Chinese snooker player, after Ding Junhui, another snooker genius who shocked the world, broke into the final of the Northern Ireland Tournament in 2017 at the age of 17, almost breaking O'Sullivan's record of the youngest ranking tournament champion held for many years, winning the first title of the career ranking tournament in 2019, and the 2020 Masters Cup became the first post-00 player to win the three major championships, and was the undisputed first person of the new generation of snooker after the snooker 00. Yan Bingtao made his first time in the World Championship in 2017, and reached the round of 16 of the World Championship in 2020 and 2021, yan Bingtao continued to maintain a good state this season, losing to Zhao Xintong in the final of the German Tournament, and the Northern Ireland Tournament and the Crown Of Champions had the performance of breaking into the final four, playing as a seeded player at the World Championships, and the first round opponent was Walkerlin, who was promoted to the qualification tournament.
In the first half of the game, Yan Bingtao showed super offensive firepower as soon as he came up, quickly won the first round and played a single shot 71 points after the mobile phone meeting to easily win the round, and in the second set, Walkering did not want to show weakness to launch a counterattack, and completed the single shot 130 points to break the hundred and win the total score of the round 1-1 draw. In the third set, Yan Bingtao scored 68 consecutive points to interrupt, and then Walkering won the game with a 74-point reversal, and in the fourth game, Yan Bingtao returned the opponent with a 79 points, and the total score came to 2-2.
After a 15-minute break, Yan Bingtao completely suppressed his opponent in the 5th set, playing two 50+ to win the game, yan Bingtao failed to win the game with 62 points in the 6th set, and Walkering then scored a 51 to win the set, and the total score came to 3-3. Walkering then scored 55 consecutive points to win the 7th set 4-3, Yan Bingtao won 84 points in the 8th set, and Yan Bingtao played a single shot to break the 100 in the last set of the first half, and the total score was 5-4 to end the half-time battle.
In the second half, Walkering quickly equalized, scoring a single 77 points from the 10th inning to bring the total to a 5-5 draw. In the 11th inning, Yan Bingtao scored 55 points to establish an advantage, Walkering scored 28 consecutive points and then interrupted, Yan Bingtao scored a difficult red ball to play, hit the super score to win the game 6-5 again. In the 12th inning, Yan Bingtao scored a single 106 points to break the second shot of the game, and the 7-5 first two-set advantage. In the 13th set, Walkering scored 8 consecutive points after a simple bottom bag error, Yan Bingtao then took advantage of 65-8 with two strokes to win the set, and in the 14th set, Walkering scored 46 consecutive points and was interrupted, Yan Bingtao twice won the super point, 9-5 took the lead to the match point.
In the 15th set, Yan Bingtao missed the opportunity to lock in the win, the upper hand scored 13 consecutive points and then lost the simple powder ball in the middle bag, Walklin chased the score to break at 20 points, Yan Bingtao's second chance was 51-20 to lead the second half of the table error, Walkering won the game to save a match point. In the 16th inning, Walkering scored a red ball and made a mistake in the bag of coffee balls, Yan Bingtao scored 48 consecutive points to establish an advantage, and then beat the score to win the round of 16 with a total score of 10-6.
The second round against Selby China's most powerful champion
Yan Bingtao's signing table at this World Championship is not easy, in the second round the opponent will be the defending champion Selby, although this season has played yan Bingtao is not inferior, and its defensive patience and offensive accuracy are no worse than the opponent, but Selby is a player who will burst into combat once he enters the World Championships, and yan Bingtao must have a super level and stable performance if he wants to defeat the defending champion in the second round.
Although Yan Bingtao's signing luck in the second round is not good, but objective analysis of the post-00s young player is the most likely player in the Chinese legion to win the championship, there are still three Chinese players left in the World Championships, Zhao Xintong, who has advanced to the second round, attacks strong and weak, it is difficult to maintain state stability in such a long format as the World Championships, and the impact of the championship is slightly less hot. Ding Junhui has been impacting the world championship champion for many years, and has also had the performance of reaching the final, objectively speaking, the comprehensive strength is still the first person in China, but the sluggish performance of many years coupled with the psychological quality that is not outstanding, can have the opportunity to impact the championship in a short period of time.
Yan Bingtao has all the conditions to become a world champion, excellent psychological quality and super accuracy is the key to his success, although he is only a post-00 player, he has matured beyond his age, and will be the player who is most likely to lift the world championship trophy in a short period of time.