Beijing time on October 30 news, the 2022 Snooker European Masters qualifying tournament continued, Masters champion Yan Bingtao continued the recent hot state, he blasted out 4 50+ (94 points, 89 points, 51 points, 94 points), a wave of 3-0 small climax, 5-2 victory over Ben Wollaston to advance to the main tournament.
Yan Bingtao, who is post-00s, has a very stable playing style, and is currently ranked 13th in the world, and has been in the top 16 ranks for the past two seasons. In the third round of the recent Northern Ireland Open, he won the title 4-3 against the big hit "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan.
In the German Masters qualifiers that ended in the middle of this week, Yan Bingtao advanced to the main tournament with two consecutive victories. In the European Masters qualifying round, his opponent is Ben Wollaston, ranked 53rd in the world, after Yan Bingtao and Wollaston had a total of 2 meetings, with a record of 1 win and 1 loss. Yan Bingtao's most recent meeting with Wollaston came in the first round of the 2017 British Snooker Championship, when Yan Bingtao swept his opponent 6-1. In the European Masters qualifiers, the two met again.
In the first set of the game, Wollaston started with a leading start, while Yan Bingtao started slowly and hotly. In this set, Wollaston won 52-51 and led 1-0.
In the second set, Yan Bingtao began to enter the state, and his single shot 94 points won, 1-1 equalization. In the third set, Wollaston blasted a single shot of 101 points to win 101-0 to make it 2-1. In the fourth set, Yan Bingtao scored a single shot of 89 points, won easily 106-9, and came to the draw again 2-2, and the two entered the break.
In the fifth set, Yan Bingtao and Wollaston were once again caught in a tug-of-war, and in the glue game, Yan Bingtao won another set 74-40 to win the score 3-2. In the sixth set, Wollaston's hand was still cold, and Yan Bingtao continued to exert his strength, and he played another 51 points to win another set 62-32, the score came to 4-2 and won two match points.
Innings, Wollaston in a desperate situation has been unable to fight back, Yan Bingtao's 94 points to win, 106-12 to lock up the win, the total score of 5-2 victory over Wollaston, strong promotion to the European Masters main tournament, congratulations to Yan Bingtao!