Unfortunately, with Yan Bingtao's exit, all the Chinese snooker legions in this snooker World Championship have no chance to compete for the championship, and Yan Bingtao's playing style has also been questioned and dissatisfied by the outside world in recent times.
In the round of sixteen against defending champion Mark Selby, the two fought for nearly eleven hours to determine the winner and loser, setting a record for the highest single game time of 87 minutes, and the two sides were "urinating urgently" in the game and leaving the game in the middle of the game.
In the quarterfinals, Yan Bingtao relied on the second stage to control the rhythm of the game to smoothly equalize the score, and the decisive stage also took the lead to take a 10-8 lead, but with a bizarre mistake was chased by Ma Wei for two consecutive sets, his mentality completely changed.
More importantly, after Ma Wei took the lead in reaching the match point, Yan Bingtao actually gave up his three-round playing style and chose to force the attack under a difficult long platform, and the result was obviously easy to see and Ma Wei fight for the final outcome that waited for him only regrettably out.
After Yan Bingtao's eight finals, he also had no chance to create the best historical record of his career world championship again, and after the game, not only domestic fans but also British fans also questioned Yan Bingtao's playing style, and "applauded" him on the spot!
In the fourteenth inning of the second stage of the quarterfinals, Yan Bingtao was cheered by the audience after a defensive shot and shouted: Yan (Bingtao) Can you hurry, I need to go to the toilet, although Ma Wei came up to try to resolve the embarrassment with humor, but he himself could not support the suspension of the game to go to the bathroom afterwards.
In fact, Yan Bingtao's playing style when he first debuted was not "grinding", but in the past two seasons, somehow the playing style began to become more and more slow, and after the "grinding battle" with Selby, domestic fans said bluntly that this style of play simply made people can't bear to look directly at it and some people called it "Seltao".
Objectively speaking, the "grinding" style of play is indeed not liked by most fans, after all, there is still a difference between "grinding" and wonderful defensive battles, and fans want to see wonderful defensive competitions and interactive snooker, rather than staying up late to watch players on the field deliberately slow down the pace of the game.
For fans, the visual impact of excellent defensive battles is no worse than that of smooth offense, but deliberately meaningless thinking and "sticking music" will inevitably not be liked by fans, which is why many fans still speak harshly after Yan Bingtao wins.
In fact, frankly speaking, the "grinding" style of play is very suitable for use in the world championships such as a long-term game, because once the rhythm of the game is controlled, the opponent will have an impact on the mentality and energy and take away the victory of the game.
It's just that this style of play really can't get everyone's approval, but I have to say one thing: as long as you can win the championship and get the prize money, who will still be questioned in the unexpected world, for example, Selby's playing style has always been hated by some fans, but the four world championship champions and the seven-year-long world number one are the honors that no one can take away!