At 9:30 p.m. Beijing time on October 29, the snooker European Masters qualifier, Yan Bingtao and Ben Volaston began. In the first half, Yan Bingtao fell behind 2 degrees and equalized the General Bureau points by 2 degrees, and the two sides drew 2-2. In the second half, Yan Bingtao defended and won! 3-2 overtake! In the fifth inning, Yan Bingtao's defensive shot made the opponent shake his head, and the referee carefully examined it, too extreme, it was god!
Holding the Riga Masters and snooker Masters 2 champions, Yan Bingtao became the world's first snooker 00, currently ranked 13th in the world, although ranked after Ding Junhui, but in terms of immediate combat strength, Yan Bingtao has undoubtedly surpassed Ding Junhui and become the new brother of China's snooker. Unlike Ding Junhui's playing style, Yan Bingtao's attack and defense are more balanced, even more defensive, and his style of play should be between Higgins and Selby. Of course, Yan Bingtao's most powerful is the idea and the grasp of the fighter, when the feel is not good, Yan Bingtao will take the initiative to slow down the pace of the game, when the feel is good, Yan Bingtao can also play the single shot of the clouds and water to win.
In this battle, against Ben Volaston, Yan Bingtao fully reflected his style. Except for the low-level mistake of the last black ball in the first set and the victory, the other 2 sets won by Yan Bingtao were single-shot, and tenaciously pulled the general bureau to a 2-2 draw before the end of the first half.
Ben Wollaston led 1-0, 2-1 and scored a one-shot 101-101 in the third set. Yan Bingtao won the second and fourth innings with a single stroke, especially in the fourth game, Yan Bingtao's ability to surround the ball is quite Higgins's master style!
Back in the second half, Yan Bingtao's red ball bottom bag attack missed the opportunity, Ben Volaston took a 29-5 lead after the red ball in the bag lost, the situation is somewhat chaotic, the two frequently exchange hands. In the process of defense, the red balls were almost all driven to the position of the sticker, except for one red ball in the side bank, the rest of the red balls were near the bottom library.
Yan Bingtao got started, but the mother ball went farther, there was no accident, Yan Bingtao insisted on his own style of play, and chose to take the initiative to turn into defense. Fighting defensively, Ben Volaston is not Yan Bingtao's opponent. Ben Volaston missed the ball, Yan Bingtao started again, but the attacking top bag red ball did not score, and continued to do defense.
Yan Bingtao's one-shot continuous attack with defense, although he did not score, but the effect of defense was excellent! Opponent Ben Volaston shook his head repeatedly, and was defensively guarded! The referee is also the first time to carefully check the angle between the mother ball and the red ball, which is indeed very extreme! Ben Volaston's next shot was not easy to play.
Using this defense, Yan Bingtao started again, 46-37 counter-score, there was no offensive opportunity, Yan Bingtao once again took the initiative to turn into defense, directly to the opponent to do a snooker, too wise! Ben Volaston could not stand it, risked attacking and did not score, leaving an opportunity, Yan Bingtao scored the bag of lipstick balls and got started again, after nearly 1 hour of fighting, Yan Bingtao won the fifth set 74-40, 3-2!