In a snooker world championship quarterfinal that ended in the early morning of April 24, Beijing time, China's Yan Bingtao, after a long and hard battle, defeated the defending champion Selby 13-10 and reached the quarterfinals of the World Championship for the first time. While the fans were happy for Yan Bingtao, they also teased him with kindness and gave him the title of "New Grinding King".
Yan Bingtao in the game
The so-called grinding king refers to the slow speed of the players and the long time spent in the game. Yan Bingtao and Selby fought, and the three stages took more than 12 hours in total, with an average of more than 30 minutes in the round. What's even more special is that the 22nd set was played for 87 minutes, setting a record for the longest single set at the World Championships. Therefore, Yan Bingtao caught up with Master Sai and deserved the title of King of Mo. So, after Yan Bingtao became the grinding queen, who are the "three major grinding kings" in today's professional snooker field? Contrary to the "Grinding King", which three are the "three fast gunners"?
Let's start with the "Three Great Mill Kings". Before Yan Bingtao joined, the three major grinding kings were Alberton, Selby and China's Li Xing. Selby and Li Xing needless to say, they are still active on the field and are familiar to everyone. Here's the focus on Alberton.
Born in Alberton in 1970, Alberton announced his retirement on May 1, 2020. This old man, as the name suggests, is a veritable "Eperton". The game is a very simple situation, he is also stopping and turning, looking left and right, not grinding for twenty or thirty seconds, he will not shoot, is notoriously slow work out of the fine work.
Alberton is the King of Mill
With this grind, this old man was stunned to win the championship at the 2002 World Championships. He was stunned by Stevens, the Welsh Dragon, in the semi-finals, to win narrowly 17-16. In the decisive battle against Hendry, Alberton grinds again, grinding until the final game. Mo Wang set the victory with a 59 points, defeated the Billiards Emperor 18-17, and fulfilled the dream of world championship. You must know that many professional players will never win the World Championship in their lifetime! China's brother Ding Junhui has won 14 ranking championships with outstanding records, but he has not yet realized his dream of Crucible.
After Alberton retired, only Selby and Li Xing were left with the three major mill kings, and now Yan Bingtao joined the camp of the mo king, and the three major grinding kings were together again.
After saying "the three great grinding kings", let's talk about the "three fast gunslingers". They are O'Sullivan, Lisofsky and Thai Kotachaia. All three played at this year's World Championships. Thachaia lost to the wizards in the first round and was out. The young driver beat Stevens in the first round to reach the second round and is currently in the top eight with turnips. The Rockets have already eliminated Allen in the second round to advance to the quarterfinals. A common feature of these three benevolent brothers is that they are fast, crackling like guns, and the average time is not more than 20 seconds. Their game looks visually stunning, flowing and flowing. Therefore, it also has the reputation of "fast gunner".
O'Sullivan was a fast gunner
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