With Zhao Xintong's 9-13 defeat to Stephen Maguire in the round of 16, the Chinese snooker team at the 2022 Snooker World Championships is only Yan Bingtao, and the "defensive battle" between him and defending champion Mark Selby has also become the focus of fans' attention.
The first stage of the game between the two sides joined forces to bring everyone a high-quality defensive match, although the pace of the game was slow but not lost, the two from the beginning of the game to each other snooker and Yan Bingtao's defensive strength against Selby is also easy.
Yan Bingtao originally exploded over 100 to take a 4-2 lead in the first stage, but the powerful Selby obviously would not easily let the score open, and blasted out a single shot 80+ to win two consecutive sets between the two sides to equalize the second stage with a 4-4 score.
In the second stage, Yan Bingtao took the lead in getting the mobile phone after the attack was interrupted, and then the two began to launch a defensive battle, a you come and I after the Selby attack was fruitless and missed the opportunity, Yan Bingtao once again started to complete the clearance to blast out his personal second shot of the game over 1005-4 temporarily.
The next two sets of the two sides still launched a high-quality defensive duel, the important thing is that Yan Bingtao did not lose the wind in front of Selby's defensive master, and forced Selby to foul many times, as Selby lost a simple black ball in the eleventh set, Yan Bingtao once again won three consecutive sets to lead 7-4.
I had to admire Selby's ability to adjust, in the twelfth inning Yan Bingtao made a precise defense Selby came up to solve the ball and was awarded 18 points in succession, but this did not affect Selby's next mentality, after Yan Bingtao leaked the ball, he directly blasted out his first shot of the game to enter the break 5-7.
After the break, Yan Bingtao made a precise snooker again, and Selby was also helpless with a bitter smile, although the second shot was successfully solved, but in the next forced attack, there was a mistake and missed the long platform, Yan Bingtao came up and directly soared in and blasted out a single shot 90+ to continue to lead 8-5.
The success rate of Yan Bingtao's bench in the next two sets began to decline compared to before, first in the case of the lead, Selby faced a complex situation to achieve a single-set reversal, followed by the fifteenth set of Yan Bingtao's long platform mistake Selby once again scored a difficult red ball and blasted a single shot of 131 points over 7-8 to close the score.
In the last innings of the second stage, Yan Bingtao's bench soared into a low-level error after completing 50+ in the red ball, Selby continued to chase back the score and then the two began to defend again, a you come and I after Selby forced an offensive mistake, Yan Bingtao smiled and accepted a 9-7 lead into the decisive stage.
Looking at the second phase of the showdown between the two sides, it can be described as another bitter battle, Yan Bingtao almost "overturned" in the opening fire and was reversed by Selby in the second half, but Selby was also very strong, and the second stage was energetic and bombarded with two shots over 100. The decisive stage will continue at 2:00 a.m., and it remains to be seen who can break through!