In the second round of the World Snooker Championship, which just ended on April 24, 2022, Beijing time, China's post-00 star Yan Bingtao successfully advanced to the quarter-finals of this tournament by beating Mark Selby, who scored 132 points, 131 points, 117 points, 54 points, 54 points, 83 points, 54 points and 64 points, with a single shot of 104 points, 101 points, 112 points and 91 points. Next, he will compete with three-time world champion Mark Williams for the final four spots.
Yan Bingtao won three consecutive sets to draw 4-4 with Selby
In the first stage of the match between the two sides, Yan Bingtao and Selby performed very well. In the first set, Selby scored 54 points to take a 1-0 lead at 101-12. In the second set, Selby scored 54 points and still lost to Yan Bingtao 67:74 to draw 1-1 with the latter. In the third set, Yan Bingtao single-handedly blasted 104 points to win the set 128-6 to take a 2-1 lead. In the 4th set, although Selby scored a single shot of 50 points, Yan Bingtao still won the set with a 65:54 performance to take a 3-1 lead. In the 5th set, Selby won 92:7 to win the set 2-3 behind Yan Bingtao. In the 6th set, Yan Bingtao took a 4-2 lead with selby, who scored 54 points in a single set 65:54. In the 7th set, Selby won 67:13 to win the set 3-4 behind Yan Bingtao. In the 8th set, Selby scored 83 points to win the set 84-0 to draw 4-4 with Yan Bingtao.
Selby lost three consecutive sets to trail Yan Bingtao 7-9
After the game entered the second stage, Yan Bingtao quickly won three consecutive sets with his excellent ability to control the situation. The game came to the 9th inning, yan Bingtao single shot 101 points to win the set 123:5 to take a 5-4 lead. In the 10th set, Yan Bingtao took a 6-4 lead with an 83:0 clean sheet by winning multiple mobile games. In the 11th set, Yan Bingtao won another set 72:9 to take a 7-4 lead. In the 12th set, Yan Bingtao scored 18 points after a junior high school mistake, Selby single shot 132 points to win the set 132:18 to leave Yan Bingtao 5-7 behind. In the 13th set, Yan Bingtao scored 91 points to win the game 95-0 to take an 8-5 lead. In the 14th set, Selby scored a 64-pointer to stage a single-game reversal to trail Yan Bingtao 6-8 at 69:44. In the 15th set, Selby scored a clean sheet with 131 points to trail Yan Bingtao 7-8. In the 16th set, Yan Bingtao won the set 89:45 to take a 9-7 lead.
Yan Bingtao won two consecutive sets to beat Selby 13-10
After the game entered the third stage, Yan Bingtao's situation control ability was still strong. The game came to the 17th set, and Yan Bingtao took the lead with a performance of 61:47 to take a successful 10-7 lead. In the 18th set, Yan Bingtao continued to show good competitive ability to stage a single-set reversal at 63:52 to take an 11-7 lead. In the 19th set, Selby scored a clean sheet with a single shot of 86 points and trailed Yan Bingtao 8-11. In the 20th set, Yan Bingtao scored 16 points and made a mistake, and Selby directly blasted 117 points to win the set 117:16 to leave Yan Bingtao 9-11 behind. In the 21st set, Selby scored an 88-point clean sheet to trail Yan Bingtao 10-11. In the 22nd set, Yan Bingtao won the set 63:49 with a scattered attack to take a 12-10 lead over Selby to get the match point. In the 23rd set, Yan Bingtao scored the first red ball and blasted a 112-point direct clean sheet Selby to defeat the latter 13-10 to advance to the quarterfinals. Selby, who is ranked second in the world, is out of the cold.