In the early morning of November 5, the quarter-finals of the 2021 Snooker England Open, Yan Bingtao faced Selby, Yan Bingtao 3-1 match point, Selby 3-3 equalized, the game entered the decider, Yan Bingtao seized the opportunity to win the game 70-59.
In the first set, Selby scored 12 points and made a mistake on the black ball; Yan Bingtao scored 52 points; in a long defensive competition, Selby did not score on the bench, and Yan Bingtao scored 29 points to win the first set. In the second set, Selby led 20-6, Selby defended to leave a chance, Yan Bingtao on the bench single shot 48 points to exceed the score, Selby continued to play, after a fight, Selby yellow ball to the bag mouth to concede. Yan Bingtao led 2-0.
In the third set, after the glue, Yan Bingtao led 48-17, Yan Bingtao's mother ball fell into the bag, continued to defend the competition, Yan Bingtao's mother ball hit the powder ball to leave a chance, Selby single shot 33 points, Selby scored a blue ball to lead 59 to 48, only the pink ball black ball was left on the table, the two fought for five minutes, Yan Bingtao spelled the powder ball did not score, crashed into the black ball, Selby scored the powder ball to chase back a round.
In the fourth set, Yan Bingtao bench hand, single shot 34 points, the middle bag red ball did not score, Selby single shot 24 points, red ball did not score; Yan Bingtao single shot 29 points, black ball did not score; Selby single par 8 points, defensive competition, Selby solved the black ball penalty points, Yan Bingtao scored the yellow ball to win. Yan Bingtao 3-1 match point.
In the fifth set, Yan Bingtao scored 22 points, and Selby then went to the mobile meeting twice, with 22 points and 46 points to chase back the first set. In the sixth inning, Yan Bingtao single shot 22 points, Selby single shot 3 points, Selby scored a red ball defense, Yan Bingtao did not solve the opportunity to leave, Selby single shot 49 points extended, Yan Bingtao several times to recover 16 points, Yan Bingtao blue ball left the opportunity, Selby scored a blue ball to win. Selby tied 3-3.
In the decider, Yan Bingtao scored 39 points with a single shot, and the blue ball did not score; Selby scored 57 points, and the last red ball was pasted in the library, leaving a chance for Selby's defense; Yan Bingtao scored 31 points to win the game!