In the early morning of April 23, Beijing time, the second round of the Snooker World Championships, Yan Bingtao and Selby fought in the first stage of the match, drawing 4-4. In the game, Yan Bingtao coughed continuously, even in this case of poor physical condition, Yan Bingtao still reversed no.1 Selby in a single set many times, which is worth applauding for Yan Bingtao!
Yan Bingtao is the first professional snooker after 00, won the Riga Masters and the Snooker Masters 2 titles, this season, Yan Bingtao also reached the final of the Snooker German Masters, as the world's top 16 seeded players in the world to participate in the Snooker World Championship. In the first round, Yan Bingtao blasted 11 pars 50+, and eliminated qualifier Wei Kelin 10-6 by the General Bureau, and his performance was very good. In the second round, Yan Bingtao welcomed the world's first Selby in the quarterfinals, Selby was also the champion of the last World Championship, the number one seed and the favorite to win the world championship.
Facing the powerful Selby, Yan Bingtao played very resiliently, after losing the first set, Yan Bingtao completed the black ball kill in the second set, and the morale-boosting Yan Bingtao played a single-shot victory in the third set, and in the fourth set, Yan Bingtao reversed again. In the first half, Yan Bingtao won three consecutive sets 3-1. Back in the second half, Selby won the fifth set 92-7, and in the sixth set, Selby scored 54 points and was reversed by Yan Bingtao. Yan Bingtao led 4-2 and was invincible in the first stage. Selby won the last two sets of the stage to tie the General Score 4-4.
During the game, Yan Bingtao coughed many times, the mentor Zhang Dongtao just happened to be explaining the disciple's game, seeing the disciple Yan Bingtao's situation, Zhang Dongtao was also very distressed, hoping that the first stage of the 8-game game would end early, Yan Bingtao could go back to rest earlier, and the fans were very worried. According to his mentor Zhang Dongtao, Yan Bingtao suffered from a serious cold! Undoubtedly, the illness at this time is quite unfavorable to Yan Bingtao's next world championship journey.