In the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Snooker Championships, defending champion Selby was beaten 13-10 by China's Yan Bingtao. Yan Bingtao also reached the top 8 of the World Championships, taking a solid step towards the championship. In fact, Yan Bingtao was not afraid when playing against Selby, so the result of such a game was also expected by many fans. Selby was also subdued by Yan Bingtao, and responded to the reason for his loss after the game, saying that he did not regret losing. Selby thinks his score is better, but in the more chaotic innings, he has lost, yan Bingtao is too smart.
As the defending champion of the World Championships and the favorite to win this competition, Selby's psychological qualities are very strong, often breaking the mentality of opponents in the game. Selby's style is clearly different from O'Sullivan's, who is very fast on the ball and has earned the Rockets the title. Selby's outing speed is very slow, and he has also been ridiculed by the grinding king. But every player has their own style of play, and in terms of strength, Selby and O'Sullivan are both top players, both of whom have a big heart, but different ways of acting.
This time at the World Championships, Ding Junhui once again encountered an embarrassing first round trip, Zhao Xintong lost to Maguire in the second round, and the hope of the Chinese snooker Legion depended on Yan Bingtao. Yan Bingtao himself is also very angry, and he is also firmly in control of the situation in the game against Selby. In the end, Yan Bingtao defeated Selby 13-10, eliminating the defending champion and advancing to the top 8 of the World Championships, continuing to move towards the championship. Seeing Yan Bingtao in such a state, who can say that he has no chance to win the championship? Today's Yan Bingtao, the strength can not be underestimated.
After the loss, Selby was also very generous, saying that he did not regret losing the game. Selby responded to the reason for the loss, believing that his score was better, but in the chaotic 5 or 6 innings, Yan Bingtao won all of them. Selby praised Yan Bingtao as a very smart player who would cause a lot of trouble in the global aspect, which also showed Selby's arrogance and reflected Selby's gentlemanly demeanor. Selby was also subdued by Yan Bingtao this time, and the latter's ability to control the situation under the chaos made Selby feel convinced.
Selby has always been known for being good at entanglement, but this time in the entanglement situation, he was defeated by Yan Bingtao, and it was also a bit of the taste of the Back Wave of the Yangtze River pushing the front wave. There is an old Chinese saying that yan bingtao defeated his opponent in the field where Selby excelled, which is also the best interpretation of this old saying. Some fans have teased Yan Bingtao as China's Selby before, and there are still many similarities in the playing style of the two. This time Selby won the scene, but lost the result, and in the case of both sides grinding, Selby failed to grind Yan Bingtao.
Yan Bingtao let people see the hope of China's snooker in the future, coupled with Fan Zhengyi and Zhao Xintong, China's snooker has more hope stars in the post-Ding Junhui era. Perhaps this World Championship is an opportunity for Yan Bingtao, who is in a hot state, Ding Junhui has not been able to touch the World Championship championship for so many years, can Yan Bingtao make a breakthrough for China's snooker this time?