Unfortunately, on the way to the championship of this year's snooker World Championship, there are no Chinese players. However, for Yan Bingtao, a young player after 00 who insisted on reaching the top 8, he failed to reach the top four. But he has made his own history at the World Championships, and his performances have been fully recognized by the fans. After the game, Yan Bingtao also talked about the real reason why he was reversed by veteran Mark Williams in the lead. After understanding this reason, netizens also expressed understanding and praised: you are already very good.
For Chinese snooker sports, under the influence and promotion of China's snooker brother Ding Junhui, this sport has developed very rapidly in recent years, and a number of excellent young players have emerged, becoming an important force that cannot be ignored in the world snooker community. It is a bit of a pity that although Chinese snooker players have won many heavyweight championships in snooker sports, the most important snooker world championships have not been won. As a brother of China's snooker, Ding Junhui's perfect career puzzle is only the world championship champion, and he will also win the world championship as the biggest dream in his career. But unfortunately, in this World Championship, Ding Junhui, who played from the qualification round, was finally eliminated in the first round of the main tournament, and if he wanted to win the World Championship, he had to wait for the next time.
In addition to Ding Junhui, the Chinese players who attacked the world championship include young players such as Lu Haotian, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao. Lu Haotian also played from the qualifiers, but like Ding Junhui, he was eliminated in the first round. Zhao Xintong, as a seeded player, passed the first round strongly, but in the second round, he was taught a lesson by his opponent and stopped in the round of 16. Yan Bingtao, known as the world's strongest post-00 player, showed a very good strength, and even eliminated the top master, world champion Selby, in the second round, and entered the top 8. But on the way to the top 4, he met veteran Mark Williams.
Mark Williams is very strong and experienced. At the end of the first stage of the match, Mark Williams led 6-2 by a large margin. Unexpectedly, Yan Bingtao showed a big heart in the second stage of the game, directly returning Mark Williams a 6:2, and the two sides fought 8:8. In the crucial third stage of the competition, Yan Bingtao took the lead in entering the state. In the 17th and 18th innings, Yan Bingtao scored a 1-60+ and a 1-shot breaker respectively to win two consecutive sets with 70 (62) -18 and 110 (102) -29, leading 10-8.
But then Mark Williams began to threaten, scoring a single shot of 135 points, and he eventually won two consecutive sets to chase the big score to 10 draws. In the 21st set, Yan Bingtao won 93:34, once again leading his opponents. But then Mark Williams began to take control of the rhythm of the game, winning three straight sets, especially in the crucial 23rd and 24th innings, scoring a single 60+ in a row. In the end, he reversed Yan Bingtao to enter the final four with a big score of 13:11. This is also the seventh time in his career that he has reached the final four of the World Championships, which is really remarkable.
So, why did Yan Bingtao, who had a good attack and defense, finally reverse the market successfully by Mark Williams in a good situation? First of all, we have to admit that Mark Williams, as a veteran, one of the 75 three masters, his strength is indeed top-notch, and it is not easy to defeat such an opponent. And playing such a big game, Mark Williams is very experienced, so he can successfully turn the tables when he is behind. In fact, Yan Bingtao is also known for his big heart, and his ability to reverse to 8:8 in the second stage after falling behind 6:2 in the first stage is a proof. So why did he fail to hold on to the victory when he was ahead of the third stage? Yan Bingtao personally said the most important reason for the defeat.
After the game, Yan Bingtao said: "It was a very close game. I was nervous because I was so close to my first Crucible semi-final. With an 11-10 lead, I had the opportunity to play the game 12-10, but I thought too much and missed the position of the mother ball. ”
Yan Bingtao believes that the most important reason why he lost is because he is so close to the semi-final of the first World Championship, which makes him too nervous. In fact, although Yan Bingtao has a very good quality in his heart, he is still only a post-00s player after all, and in such a major competition, it is inevitable that he will be nervous. Therefore, for his explanation, netizens expressed understanding, and said that Yan Bingtao has been very good, in such a competition, eliminated Selby, and Played with Mark Williams.