In the face of the famous Jin Left Hand, Yan Bingtao exposed his deficiencies at both ends of the attack and defense in the first stage, temporarily lagging behind 2-6. The main reason for Yan Bingtao's backwardness in this battle is that he has not found his own rhythm, especially after his good indissoluble defense has been cracked, he has not fully found the feeling on the offensive end, especially the longstand shooting rate, the feel is cold.
In the third round of the World Championships, 8 into 4, the Chinese post-00s and No. 16 seed Yan Bingtao faced Jin Zuoshou and the No. 8 seed Mark Williams. Previously, Yan Bingtao had won 10-6 against Wakelin and 13-10 against defending champion Selby, while Kim's left hand first won 10-3 against Little White, and then easily eliminated Page 13-3. The two sides have played each other 6 times, and Yan Bingtao is in the inferior position with 2 wins and 4 losses.
In the first set, Yan Bingtao's long platform attack failed, and Jin's left hand made a mistake after 20 points, and Yan Bingtao chased it to 13-20. Jin made the ball with his left hand, and Yan Bingtao missed 3 consecutive strokes and was fined 12 points. Kim picked up his left hand several times and scored the first point 74-22. In the second set, Kim scored a 61-point error in his left hand to leave the black ball in the bag. Yan Bingtao chased the score to 24-61 to give up, and the big score was 0-2 behind.
In the 3rd set, Yan Bingtao opened the game to give gifts, and the mother ball fell into the bag. Jin's left hand did not seize the opportunity, Yan Bingtao single shot 102 points, strong pull back a point. In the 4th set, Yan Bingtao scored a red ball in the bottom bag after 18 points. Jin made a fatal mistake with his left hand and stopped the red ball at the mouth of the bag. Yan Bingtao smiled, single shot 85 points strong clearance, 103-8, consecutive 2 sets, chasing the score to 2 draws.
In the 5th set, Yan Bingtao did not miss the ball on the bench, and Jin left the black ball in the bag after 15 points in his left hand, Yan Bingtao did not seize the opportunity, and there was also a similar mistake. Kim's left hand re-entered, 75-22. In the 6th set, Jin left hand after 25 points to do the ball, Yan Bingtao did not solve the ball was fined. Kim's left hand seized the opportunity to clear the table with a single shot of 106, 138-0, extending the big score to 4-2
In the 7th set, Kim left-handed 72-pointer to win 72-0. In the 8th set, Kim's left hand was the first to start, and the single shot 77 points again kept a clean sheet, leading 6-2 to end the first stage. At 2 a.m., the two sides resumed the second phase of the battle.
The post-match data showed that the success rate of the two attacks was equal, but Yan Bingtao's success rate on the long platform and the success rate of the safety ball were much behind those of the opponent. Attack and defense are not opponents, which is also the main reason why Yan Bingtao fell behind in the first quarter. It can be seen that Yan Bingtao did not find the rhythm he was accustomed to in this section.
It is worth mentioning that before the game, when previewing the current round of matches, Jamie White, the sixth king of the World Championships, once said: "Williams is the most dangerous player. His six-stroke breaker and repeated performances in the last round are the best proof of this, and I think he is a very good player to sprint for the world championship. "It seems that Yan Bingtao is really not very good.