On April 24, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship broke out a super big cold! China's post-00s rising star Yan Bingtao in the second round of the competition, upset the 13-10 knockout round of the defending champion Selby, the first time in his career to enter the world championship top 8. After the victory, Yan Bingtao also waved his fist to celebrate very excitedly. Yan Bingtao's opponent in the quarter-finals will be Kim's left-handed Mark Williams, who earlier easily defeated Page.
Yan Bingtao is currently ranked 16th in the world, while Selby is the 4th champion of the tournament and the defending champion, and the world ranking has reached the first place. It can be said that there is a certain gap in the strength and experience of the two sides. However, in the past 7 meetings between the two sides, Yan Bingtao has an advantage of 4 wins and 3 losses, which also provides Yan Bingtao with confidence in the game, and eventually becomes his psychological advantage to win.
In the first stage of the game, Yan Bingtao was chased by his opponent to a 4-4 draw with a 4-2 lead. In the second stage, Yan Bingtao once again led 8-5. But Selby then went on to go two straight sets. The two sides fought in the 16th set, and Yan Bingtao once scored 41 consecutive points by his opponent with a 50-0 lead. However, Selby made a mistake in the school position, and after the battle between the two sides, Selby attacked the red ball error, and Yan Bingtao closed the 16th set, leading 9-7 to end the first two stages of the tournament.
In the third stage, Yan Bingtao came up to win 61-47 and 63-52 consecutively, at this time the score has reached 11-7, Yan Bingtao is far ahead, and victory is in sight. In desperation, Selby burst out with great energy, shooting 86/117 and 88 points in succession to win three consecutive sets and chase down 10-11.
Subsequently, the two sides ushered in the most bizarre game of this game and even the most bizarre game of this tournament. In the 22nd set, the two sides fought for more than 80 minutes, Selby squandered opportunities many times in the case of falling behind by a large score, and finally made another mistake when he attacked the last black ball after falling behind by 7 points, Yan Bingtao seized the opportunity and won 63-49. In the 23rd inning, Yan Bingtao scored 112 points to end the game. In the end, Yan Bingtao was promoted 13-10, and after shaking hands, Yan Bingtao also greeted the audience and waved his fists to celebrate.