After Ding Junhui and Zhao Xintong were both out, Yan Bingtao carried the girder and fought with defending champion Selby for 23 innings in the 16-8 match of the Snooker World Championship, and finally won 13-10 to advance to the next round. In this battle, Yan Bingtao adopted the playing style of using the other way to return the other body, so that Selby also tasted what it was like to be grinded to death!
Selby, known as the "Grinding King", and his opponents who play without patience and perseverance have little chance of winning, and players like Ding Junhui hate to play with Selby. This is also why after Yan Bingtao won the Selby, fans commented that "if Ding Junhui had such a mentality as Yan Bingtao, he would have won the world championship earlier".
Playing with Selby, we must put our minds at peace, we must not be in a hurry, as long as we are in a hurry, we can only unfortunately announce that "you have entered the trap of Master Sai". Obviously it is a very simple offensive ball, Selby can grind you for half a day, and the title of "Grinding King" is really not given in vain.
Yan Bingtao is not afraid of Selby, in the last 3 encounters, Yan Bingtao maintained a record of total victory. The two met in the quarter-finals, and although Selby is the defending champion, Yan Bingtao has a psychological advantage, after all, he has defeated Selby many times in the last two seasons.
In the first game, Selby gave Yan Bingtao a downward spiral, played a single shot to break the hundred data, and took the next city 101-12 first. Subsequently, Yan Bingtao played steadily, three cities in a row, and the third game had 104 points, with a total score of 128 points. But Selby did not panic, after all, it was the king of grinding, and in the end, the two shook hands 4-4 in the first stage of the game.
In the second stage of the competition, Yan Bingtao came up to break the hundred with a single shot, taking the lead 123-5. 83-0, 72-9, Yan Bingtao won two more consecutive sets, and the big score came to 7-4. In the 12th inning, Selby scored the highest score of the game, a single shot of 132, but then scored no 1 point in the 13th inning. Another one-shot breaker, 131-0, Selby won the 15th inning. After the end of the second stage of the game, Yan Bingtao temporarily led 9-7.
The game came to the decisive stage, Yan Bingtao was the first to be strong, taking 2 consecutive sets, achieving an 11-7 lead, and victory was in sight. Just when the fans were expecting Yan Bingtao to win the game in one fell swoop, Selby played 3 consecutive innings, 2 of which were won by one shot, and the other set was to seize the opportunity to get started and take a single shot to break the hundred.
The most critical inning of the two was the 22nd set, Yan Bingtao won in this set, and Selby lost in this set. This round allowed fans to see what is called "Grinding King War". Unexpectedly, Yan Bingtao could grind than Selby, averaging 30 seconds to make a shot, so that a game played for a full 90 minutes, and many friends who watched the ball fell asleep. In the end, Yan Bingtao scored a black ball and won it 63-42, holding the match point.
112, Yan Bingtao did not give Selby another chance in the 23rd set, the start is a single shot to break the hundred, to win 112-0, thus eliminating Selby with a large score of 13-10, completing a four-game winning streak against the "Big Grinding King". Selby, who lost the game, finally got a taste of what it was like to be grinded to death.
Yan Bingtao's opponent in the quarterfinals is Williams, a bone that is harder to gnaw than Selby. If Yan Bingtao can win the game, then the hope of winning the championship is very great. The match between the two sides will take place on April 26 at 17:00 pm, and friends who like snooker must not miss it!