On April 24, Beijing time, the second round of the Snooker World Championships continued. On this match day, 3 more players announced their promotion, and Chinese rising star Yan Bingtao broke the cold 13-10 to overturn the defending champion Selby and reach the quarterfinals of the World Championships for the first time. In addition, O'Sullivan defeated Mark Allen 13-4, and Maguire eliminated Zhao Xintong 13-9. So far, the World Championship Quarter-Finals have decided 4 seats, namely Yan Bingtao, Mark Williams, Maguire and O'Sullivan.
The showdown between China's Yan Bingtao and Selby was extremely intense, with the combined time between the two sides exceeding 10 hours. In this game, Yan Bingtao led 9-7 in the first two stages. The two sides played a very good showdown in the third stage. The two new bosses fought, especially in the 22nd inning, and the two fought fiercely for 87 minutes, setting a record for a single set of Crucible.
In the end, Yan Bingtao killed Selby and advanced 13-10, becoming the first post-00s in the history of the World Championships to break into the top 8. At the same time, Yan Bingtao also became the fourth Chinese player to enter the top 8 of the World Championships. After the game, the defeated Selby also praised Yan Bingtao for being very versatile and looked subdued. Yan Bingtao will play Against Mark Williams in the next round and is expected to advance to the top 4.
In the other two matches, O'Sullivan easily beat Allen 13-4. Since O'Sullivan was already 12-4 in the first two stages of the game, the third stage was completely meaningless. O'Sullivan ended the game in the first set, reaching the quarter-finals 13-4. Earlier, Maguire, who led 11-5 in the first two stages, finally defeated Zhao Xintong 13-9 to advance to the quarterfinals.
At this point, the two sets of duels in the quarter-finals have also been released, namely Yan Bingtao vs. Mark Williams, and O'Sullivan vs. Maguire. There are currently four places left in the quarter-finals, and in the games that have been played, Robertson draws 4-4 with Lissovsky and McGill draws 4-4 with Trump. In addition, Karen Wilson will play against Bingham and Sankham will play against Higgins.