The 2022 World Snooker Championships have decided the final four in Sheffield, ENGLAND, with Trump, Higgins, O'Sullivan and Williams reaching the semi-finals. Highly anticipated Chinese player Yan Bingtao was overturned by Williams in the final stages of the quarter-finals, missing his first career opportunity to advance to the final four of the World Championships. Previously, the Chinese team's Ding Junhui, Zhao Xintong and others were eliminated, and after Yan Bingtao missed the final four, the Chinese team ended the World Championship tour ahead of schedule. In the eyes of many netizens, it is a pity that there are no Chinese players in the final four, after all, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao were considered to be the favorites to win the championship before the game.
Everyone has different views on the performance of several players of the Chinese team at this World Championship. Some people believe that the major media seem to hold Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao and others too high, which directly leads to fluctuations in their mentality in the game and eventually loses the game. Some people also pointed out that Ding Junhui has been a hero late, it is difficult to achieve good results in the competition, and Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao have made significant progress in recent years, but they have not really reached the level of the world's top masters, and the technology and mentality need to be further experienced.
Yan Bingtao had a chance to go further in the quarter-finals, facing the powerful Williams, Yan Bingtao had an 11:10 lead and had great hopes of winning the 22nd set, but in the end he lost to himself. Without the opportunity to reach the top 4 of the World Championship for the first time, Yan Bingtao will feel regrets in his heart. In an interview, he revealed that he was too nervous in the game, resulting in several missed opportunities to score points. Before Yan Bingtao, veteran Ding Junhui lost 8-10 to world-ranked Wilson in the first round of the World Championships, encountering the embarrassing situation of a round trip for the second consecutive year.
Zhao Xintong was in a slump in the round of 16, and finally lost to Maguire 9-13 with a big score, and did not qualify for the quarterfinals. It is worth mentioning that Zhao Xintong said in an interview after the game that he did not expect such a bad performance, and he was very disappointed with this result and also lived up to everyone's expectations of him. At this World Championship, the most surprising thing for everyone is the final four lineup. Williams, Trump, Higgins and O'Sullivan, four top players, after many years, once again staged a strong dialogue.
In particular, williams, O'Sullivan and Hendry, three legendary veterans, proved to everyone that age is never a stumbling block to the sport of snooker. Whoever wins the championship will write a new history of world snooker. For domestic netizens, it is a pity that Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao and others failed to win the world championship. However, through this competition, these representatives of China Snooker have clearly realized their own shortcomings. In the future, young Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao still have a long way to go, and the world champion believes that it is not far ahead!
(Luo Treasurer)