On April 24, 2022, the snooker World Championship quarterfinals were out of the quarter-finals, and China's Yan Bingtao eliminated defending champion Selby 13-10, winning all four times this season, followed by Mark. Williams, another O'Sullivan again, Yan Bingtao became the first post-00 player to reach the quarter-finals of the World Championships, and the last time a Chinese player reached the quarterfinals of the World Championships, it was Ding Junhui five years ago.
The game was divided into three stages, using a 25-game 13-win system, the first stage of the two sides won four sets, the first set Selby played a single shot 54 points, to 101-12 first, the second set Selby played a single shot 54 points to interrupt the attack, Yan Bingtao 74-67 clear the platform narrowly won, in the third set Yan Bingtao blasted a single shot 104 points, the fourth set Selby played a single 50 points after the mistake, yan Bingtao reversed 73-50.
After the half-time break, Selby won a set back 92-7, in the sixth set Selby scored a single 54 points, Yan Bingtao won 65-54 many times, Yan Bingtao played steadily, bringing a lot of pressure to Selby, in the seventh set Selby won the fight 67-13, in the eighth set Selby played a single shot 83 points, Yan Bingtao scored a higher success rate, Selby is not in the best state, there are many mistakes.
Next is the second stage, Yan Bingtao led Selby 9-7, In the 9th set Yan Bingtao blasted out a single shot 101 points, in the 10th set Selby did not score, Yan Bingtao completed the super score 80-0, in the 11th set Yan Bingtao took advantage of the situation to chase, won another set at 72-9, opened the score difference to 7-4, in the 12th set Selby blasted a single shot 132 points also in color, the 13th set Yan Bingtao was not willing to show weakness, directly played a single shot 91 points.
In the 14th inning, Yan Bingtao played a single shot of 44 points to interrupt the attack, Selby withstood the pressure, played a single 64 points to complete the clearance, in the 15th set Selby blasted a single shot 131 points, in the 16th set Selby lost the bottom bag red ball, Yan Bingtao won 89-45, successfully suppressed Selby, although Yan Bingtao only won three single shots, but his overall performance was still better, and was optimistic by outside fans to continue to move forward.
Finally, the third stage of the game, the 17th set Selby 47-28 lead interrupted the attack, Yan Bingtao grasped the mobile phone meeting, won 61-47, in the 18th set Selby scored 52 points to interrupt the attack, Yan Bingtao played a single 48 points to turn into the defense, there were 22 points on the table, Selby made a mistake, Yan Bingtao won another set at 63-52, and Selby played a single 86 points in the 19th set to win a set.
In the 20th set Yan Bingtao lost the red ball in the left bottom pocket, Selby blasted out a single 117 points, in the 21st set Selby played a single 88 points to win another round, the 22nd set was the longest, the two went to the toilet once, Yan Bingtao won 63-49, 12-10 to get the match point, in the 23rd set Yan Bingtao single-shot victory, and finally won 13-10 against Selby to advance to the quarterfinals of the World Championship, and then played against Mark. Williams.