The Snooker World Championship ended a very special duel, Yan Bingtao and Selby two major "grinding kings" against each other, the game became particularly lengthy, especially the back of the competition, but also constantly tested the patience of the audience, can only sigh that the two are too energetic, almost all the innings are delicate ball processing, so that the game is difficult to have results, but in the end Yan Bingtao slightly better, 13-10 won the final victory.
As the fourth generation of "grinding king", Selby often adopts a defensive strategy when playing against each other, extra cautious, and now facing Yan Bingtao, who is similar to his style of play, is destined to be a tough duel, in the last quarter of the game, Yan Bingtao used a lot of patience to confront Selby, in the 22nd inning, the two set a record for the length of a single game in the World Championship with a score of one hour and 27 minutes, Yan Bingtao successfully grinded down Selby, and finally won with a single shot to break the hundred.
After playing the game, both Yan Bingtao and Selby were very tired, and when responding to the 22nd inning, Yan Bingtao bluntly said that Selby missed the opportunity to equalize, during which Selby showed helplessness on the field many times, and even once could not score for an hour.
Although the result of the game is unquestionable, many snooker players have expressed their opinions on Yan Bingtao's speed of play, thinking that he is too slow, and the famous Player McManus bluntly does not understand what Yan Bingtao is thinking, but he does not like to watch, most players do not like it.
In the face of the doubts of the snooker star, the views of fans are not uniform, and many fans use Selby to refute McManus' views.
Yan Bingtao and Selby are players with similar styles, which makes both of them choose a comfortable slow-paced playing style, not a player who guides the direction of the game, in the whole game, Yan Bingtao's shooting speed is 29.9 seconds, Selby's speed is 28.8 seconds, and the difference between the two is not large.
In fact, in the early days, Selby was a purely offensive player, but in the later period, Selby chose a "grinding control" style of play with significant characteristics, and Yan Bingtao was sandwiched between Ding Junhui and Zhao Xintong, he did not have delicate possession and gorgeous attack, so he chose to hit the ball in a stable way, and finally staged a wonderful match of "treating the other with the other way", eight times to beat the world's first Selby five times, Yan Bingtao's performance is not wonderful, the two matches are enough to be recorded in the history of snooker sports.
Although the two have been fighting for a long time, the long game is not boring, Yan Bingtao and Selby have shown a high defensive quality, and the competition between them is full of tactics, which also shows the essence of snooker.
After becoming the first Masters post-00s champion, Yan Bingtao succeeded again, becoming the only post-00 player among the top 8 players, which is also the best result he achieved since participating in the World Championships four times in his career.