China's post-00s rising stars advance to the round of 16! Yan Bingtao is eager to play against Selby and has maintained 3 consecutive wins. The first round of the 2022 World Snooker Championships continues, and 11 players have advanced to the round of 16, namely O'Sullivan, Selby, Robertson, Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao, Mark Williams, McGill, Bingham, Mark Allen, Jackson Page, Maguire, of which China's post-00s rising star Yan Bingtao defeated Chris Wakelin 10-6 in the first round and will face world champion Selby in the second round.
In the last World Championships, Yan Bingtao defeated Martin Gould to advance to the round of 16, but then lost to Murphy, this season Yan Bingtao's performance is not as good as last season, the best result is the German Masters runner-up, but for Yan Bingtao, his playing style is very suitable for the World Championships this long-term system. Yan Bingtao is the 16th seed in this World Championship, and the first round is against Chris Wakelin, who is ranked 62nd in the world, and the two have played each other twice before, each winning one. The first stage only played 9 innings, after the game began, Yan Bingtao played a single 71 points to win the first set, then Chris played a single 130 points in a row, 74 points in a row to win two innings, the fourth inning, Yan Bingtao played a single 79 points, the two total score battle became 2-2 draw. In the fifth set, Yan Bingtao scored a single shot of 69 points and 56 points to win. In the sixth set, Yan Bingtao scored a single 62 points, but Chris scored a single 51 points and also completed the super score, winning the round 64-62.
In the seventh inning, Chris scored a single 55 points to make it 4-3 on aggregate. Fortunately, Yan Bingtao found his touch in time, played a single shot of 100 points in a row, and won two consecutive sets with 84 points, ending the first stage of the game with a 5-4 lead. In the second stage of the game, Chris scored a single 77 points as soon as he came up, chasing the total score to a 5-5 draw. Then the game suddenly changed, Yan Bingtao completely took over the game, played a single shot of 55 points, 106 points, 53 points to win 4 consecutive games, with an aggregate score of 9-5 to take the lead to get the match point. In the 15th inning, Chris saved a match point 62-51. In the 16th set, Yan Bingtao did not give his opponent too many opportunities, locked up the victory 78-8, and thus won 10-6 on aggregate to advance to the round of 16. In the quarter-finals, Yan Bingtao will play against world champion Selby, and the last 3 meetings between the two have been won by Yan Bingtao. This article is original by Xiao Lizi, please do not copy or port.
After the game, Yan Bingtao said in an interview that he was very confident in himself, he felt that he was playing very well, the feeling of this World Championship was different from the past two sessions, he would relax himself before the game, so he would be more confident than before, of course, he would also feel the pressure, such as sleeping for only two hours the night before. Later, Yan Bingtao also talked about the match against Selby, Yan Bingtao said that many people said that he was very similar to Selby's playing style, so he hoped that it was a great game, and he couldn't wait to play with Selby. At the same time, Yan Bingtao also praised Selby as a defensive master, and he needed to do the same as Selby. Yan Bingtao and Selby's style of play do have similarities, plus the 1/8 final will use a 25-inning 13-win system, which shows that the outcome of this game will be difficult to predict.