The 2021-2022 snooker World Championship began to compete in the quarterfinals, And China's "only seedling" Yan Bingtao performed very well, especially in the second stage of the competition, Yan Bingtao, who was 2:6 behind in the first stage of the competition, also fought a 6:2 in the second stage of the game, the first two stages of the game were temporarily tied to 8:8, and the Chinese young Yan Bingtao gradually entered a better situation, if he could continue to maintain the state of the second stage of the competition, the hope of competing for the top four was very great. In the other game in the first half, the world champion and second-largest favorite Trump gradually returned to his form in the match against Bingham, and after the first stage of the match, Trump temporarily led the world champion Bingham 5:3.
Yan Bingtao and three-time World Champion Mark Williams competed for a place in the final four, the two performed quite strongly in the first two rounds, Mark Williams only let the opponent win three sets in both rounds, and Yan Bingtao advanced to the quarterfinals after eliminating the defending champion Selby in the previous round. In the first stage of the game, the two played a difficult first four innings, and mark Williams continued his previous good hand at the beginning of the game, he won two consecutive sets to lead 2:0, and Yan Bingtao, who was behind, then blasted out a single shot of 102 points, 85 points and then chased two consecutive sets to equalize. However, in the four sets after the first stage of the game, Yan Bingtao felt cold, while Mark Williams was in a state of explosion, scoring 60 points, 106 points, 72 points, 77 points and then winning four consecutive sets, leading Yan Bingtao 6:2 to end the first stage of the game.
In the second stage of the game, Yan Bingtao began to launch a crazy counterattack, the ninth game Yan Bingtao entered the state very quickly, after many attacks, he won 84:1, and in the tenth game, Yan Bingtao single-handedly shot 80 points and then won another round at 119:22, and the big score was chased to 4:6, seeing the hope of reversal. In the 11th inning, the two sides were in a bitter battle, and Mark Williams won 66:25 after several attacks, leading 7:4. Three games behind Yan Bingtao then played a wave of scoring climax, in the 12th game Yan Bingtao single shot 72 points and then won 75:48, in the 13th game Yan Bingtao blasted a single shot 103 points after a 130:0 clean sheet opponent, the 14th inning, the 15th inning, although Yan Bingtao did not play a single high score, but with a more stable performance, he won another set and two sets at 62:21, 67:20, and won four consecutive sets to win 8:7, and in the 16th game Yan Bingtao had the opportunity to expand the score again. Unfortunately, there was a mistake in playing the black ball, and in the end Mark Williams won 63:38, tenaciously chasing the score to 8:8 draw, and the big score was behind to equalize the world champion, Yan Bingtao had a play in the final four.
The other race in the first half of the division is played between two world champions, Bingham is a "post-70s" veteran, and Trump is a "post-80s" player, and the competition between the two can also be said to be a contest between players of two generations. The second-best-in-favourite, the No. 4 seed Trump, faced the tournament's 12th seed Bingham, and although the first two rounds of the tournament were not in the best form, they still won two consecutive games to advance to the quarterfinals. At the beginning of the first stage of the third round, the 46-year-old veteran Bingham took the lead, single shot 50 points, 51 points and then won the first set with a 101:38 first win, in the second set Trump was not willing to show weakness after scoring 105 points to win back a city, in the third set Trump continued to work hard, after multiple attacks, he won 72:18, the big score was 2:1, and in the fourth game Trump missed a good opportunity to expand the score, Bingham used the last moment to force back a set at 62:52. The first four innings were drawn equally in a 2-2 draw.
After returning from a short break, championship favourite Trump took the lead, shooting 50 points and then winning 92-0 to overtake the score again, and in the sixth game Trump scored a single 75 points behind and then won 87:33 to take a 4-2 lead. In the seventh set, Bingham stopped the loss in time, shot 106 points and then won 129:0 to chase the score to 3:4, and in the final set of the first stage of the game, Trump refused to tie, he won 73:35 after multiple attacks, and the big score was 5:3 to end the first stage of the game. Objectively speaking, the two were not in the best state of the first stage of the game, but compared with the first two rounds of competition, Trump's offensive state is gradually recovering, which can be said to be gradually getting better, which is a positive signal for him to compete for the world championship. In the long-inning format, leading the first two sets is not a big advantage, and both sides still have a chance to win, mainly depending on the performance of the next two stages of the game.