On the evening of April 23, the snooker World Championship ended the second leg of a focus battle, and finally China's post-00s young player Yan Bingtao attacked and defended Zhang Zhang, and in the first leg of the 4-4 draw with the opponent, he blasted 2 shots to break the 1001 par 90+, and the two stages of defending champion Mark Selby took a 9-7 lead, laying the winning foundation for the third stage. In another match played at the same time, mainland Player Zhao Xintong lost to Stephen Maguire 9-13 on aggregate in the case of falling behind 5-11 in the two stages, missing the Quarterfinals of the World Championships, and then Zhao Xintong will enter a two-month off-season, and the new season will officially start at the end of June.
Yan Bingtao and Selby drew 4-4 in the first leg, the two sides fought hard to fight the world, the game entered a long defensive battle many times, Yan Bingtao did not fall behind in front of the defensive master, and the first 8 innings took about 27 minutes. At the beginning of the second leg, the two sides once again fell into a defensive battle, Selby took the lead in fighting mistakes, Yan Bingtao scored a single shot of 101 points, 5-4! In the 10th set, Yan Bingtao repeatedly played 83-0 zero sheet Selby in a long defensive battle, and the score came to 6-4! In the 11th round, it was a defensive battle again! It was Yan Bingtao who won again, 7-4! In the 12th inning, Selby scored 132 points to pull back a city, 5-7!
After resting back in the 13th inning, Yan Bingtao scored 91 points 8-5 to open up the 3-set difference again! In the 14th inning, Yan Bingtao scored 44 points and then turned to defense, and then Selby played a very difficult 64 points, 6-8 very tight! In the 15th set, Yan Bingtao played with anti-error, and Selby Tiku balled a single shot of 131 points to clear the stage, 7-8! In the final innings of the second stage, Yan Bingtao made a mistake after scoring 50 points twice, and Selby turned to defense after 41 points, and the two sides competed for the last red ball, and Yan Bingtao won. According to the schedule, the third stage of the two sides will be held at 2:00 a.m. Beijing time on April 24, when the winner will be decided, and the winner will face Mark Williams in the quarter-finals, when the "inverted sword flower" will be reported in time, so stay tuned.