The top 8 players of the Snooker World Championship have been released, and the current schedule is halfway through, Yan Bingtao, O'Sullivan, Maguire and Williams successfully won the top 8 tickets, of which The Chinese player Yan Bingtao brought surprises to Chinese fans.
This is the first time in his career that he has reached the quarter-finals of the World Championships, and this victory is particularly crucial, especially when he faces the world number one Selby, which highlights how great Yan Bingtao's victory is.
In addition to the jubilation, Yan Bingtao caused some controversy because of a move in the middle of the game.
The main point of the controversy was in the 18th inning, when Yan Bingtao was behind 48-52, when Yan Bingtao was blocked by the blue ball to block the offensive route, which made Yan Bingtao very entangled and thought for 3 minutes.
The scene was extremely tense, during which Yan Bingtao asked the referee if he could wipe the mother ball, the referee did not agree, and then Yan Bingtao accurately punched the coffee ball into the bag without touching the blue ball, and won the game.
In response to Yan Bingtao's request to wipe the mother ball, the celebrities in the "Eurosport" studio agree with the referee's point of view, believing that Yan Bingtao plays tricks and plays a little clever.
Among them, Jimmy White and McManas strongly disagreed with Yan Bingtao's move, believing that the referee refused to maintain fairness on the field, and if the referee misplaced the ball slightly after wiping, it would help Yan Bingtao win.
Because of the controversy, Yan Bingtao, as a party, personally responded to the matter, saying that the reason why he wanted the referee to wipe the ball was just too nervous and wanted to ease the atmosphere, he understood that the referee would not agree, so he was just joking.
According to the rules of the game, players have the right to apply to the referee to wipe the target ball and the mother ball, the purpose of which is to avoid static electricity, so Yan Bingtao's application does not violate the rules.
His opponent Selby also talked about this topic, Selby is very calm about it, he believes that Yan Bingtao's move does not necessarily have a special purpose, but the ball is special at that time, if wiped and put back, it may cause easy to score the coffee ball.
In addition, after reviewing the game, McManus, who questioned it at the time, officially issued an apology, saying that he had reflected on it, because he had to react quickly, so there was a mistake in judgment.
McManus's apology made all doubts disappear, and Yan Bingtao no longer had to bear controversy.
When talking about his feelings against Selby, Yan Bingtao bluntly said that because the two had done too much defense, he felt very tired after playing, especially in the final 85 minutes of the game, which directly set a record for the length of a single game at the World Championships.
Next, Yan Bingtao, who has advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time, faces more and more challenges, and he will face Williams, one of the "753 Masters", looking forward to Yan Bingtao's wonderful performance again.
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