On April 24, Beijing time, at the Snooker World Championships, Yan Bingtao defeated the defending champion Selby 13-10 and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals. Yan Bingtao will compete with Williams for a semi-final spot. It should be noted that the 22nd inning of this match, which lasted 87 minutes and 24 seconds, became the longest in the history of Crucible! Yan Bingtao, who is better than blue out of blue, defeats Selby of the same style with his own characteristics.
Many people say that Zhao Xintong is like O'Sullivan, while Yan Bingtao is like Selby. Because of the style, these two newly emerging Chinese snooker stars have gone out of 2 ways. Zhao Xintong did not have the opportunity to meet O'Sullivan in this competition, but Yan Bingtao met Selby again, so a "grinding" war began.
Selby has been criticized for his style of play, but it has not hindered his success. This time after 00 Yan Bingtao is also really not in a hurry, the favorite is Selby's rhythm of the game, the two sides of you come and go, Selby in the first two stages of the single shot 54 points, 54 points, 50 points, 54 points, 83 points, 132 points, 64 points and 131 points, Yan Bingtao only single shot 104 points, 101 points and 91 points.
In the third stage, Yan Bingtao began the slow pace he liked again, but at this time, Selby was a little anxious, and after losing the innings in a row, he shot out 86 points, 117 points and 88 points in a desperate situation, at this time the score was 10-11, and Selby was still one inning behind. In the crucial 22nd minute, the two men began the ultimate "grinding round", which took a total of 87 minutes and 24 seconds, and a new world record was born. Yan Bingtao grinds Selby to get the match point, and Selby's mentality collapses.
In the end, Yan Bingtao scored 112 points to harvest the competition, and eliminated the defending champion 13-10 to advance to the quarterfinals. After the game, the World Taiwan Federation also used "everything" to describe this game, praising this great defensive and game game.