On April 28, 2022, the snooker World Championship quarterfinals ended a focus battle, the mainland teenager Yan Bingtao performed tenaciously, in the first leg of the 2-6 behind, the two stages of 8-8 to equalize the opponent, the whole game blasted 3 shots to break 104 60+, the total score of 11-13 defeated three-time World Championship champion Mark Williams, missed the first career World Championship Top 4, Williams successfully reached the semifinals. In another match played at the same time, four-time World Champion John Higgins temporarily led Jack Lisowski 8-7 in the second stage, and after Williams advanced, the 75 three masters are expected to gather in the final four of this World Championship.
Yan Bingtao is an outstanding post-00 player in the mainland, has reached 4 ranking finals and won a championship, has also won the Masters championship, is the first post-00 player to touch the "three major competitions" championship, the technical characteristics of attack and defense are more comprehensive emotional control ability is stronger, this tournament defeated Selby after winning unprecedented attention; Williams, as a 47-year-old legendary veteran, once again showed the top scoring ability and dominance in this World Championships, only lost 6 rounds of 10 shots in the first two rounds, and strongly advanced to the top 8. This is the seventh meeting between the two sides in the professional game, the first 6 times Yan Bingtao achieved a record of 2 wins and 4 losses, and Yan Bingtao has not beaten Williams in the ranking match.
Williams established a 6-2 advantage over Yan Bingtao in the first 8 sets, and yan Bingtao countered Williams 6-2 in the second leg, and the two sides shook hands 8-8 in the two-stage battle. At the beginning of the third stage, Uncle Ma took the lead on the far stage, and after a single shot of 18 points, he made a mistake, and Yan Bingtao directly overtook the score with a single shot of 62 points, and took the lead again at 9-8! In the 18th inning, Uncle Ma was a super far-range player again, and after a single shot of 29 points, he made a mistake again, and Yan Bingtao combined the ball to win a single shot 102, leading 10-8! In the 19th inning, Williams blasted a single shot of 135 points to win back a city 9-10! In the 20th set, the two sides lost 0-72 after a fight, and the aggregate score was 10-10 into the intermission. In the 21st set, Yan Bingtao won the last red ball battle, 11-10!
In the 22nd set, Williams won 69-10 and drew again 11-11! In the 23rd set, Williams showed a super high level of accuracy, with a single score of 66 points first to the match point! In the 24th inning, Williams ended the game. In the semi-finals, Williams will face the winner between Judd Trump and Stuart Bingham, with the two sides currently drawing 8-8 in two phases, with the outcome set for a later fixture. According to the schedule, the four stages of williams' semi-finals will be held at 20:00 Beijing time on April 28, 17:00 on April 29, 02:00 on April 30, and 21:30 on April 30, respectively, and the semifinals will be played in 33 sets and 17 wins, divided into 8, 8, 8 and 9 rounds.