On November 5, Beijing time, all eight of the snooker England Open were born. Yan Bingtao won the decider in a thrilling way, eliminating Selby 4-3 and breaking the cold. Ding Junhui lost 1-4 to Higgins and missed the quarterfinals, but he still received good news, because Mark Allen withdrew from the Championship Invitational Tournament, and Ding Junhui relied on the ranking to qualify for the Championship.
On this match day, 4 Chinese players appeared, and Li Xing lost 1-4 to Brechel and missed the round of 16. Ronin dragged the game into the decider with a 1-3 deficit, but was unfortunately killed by Higgins' one-shot 93 points in the final moments, losing 3-4 and also missing the round of 16. Ding Junhui was in good shape, shooting 68 points and 57 points to eliminate Martin Gould 4-0. Yan Bingtao won four consecutive sets after falling behind 0-2, eliminating David Gilbert 4-2.
Yan Bingtao and Ding Junhui showed a good competitive state, and Yan Bingtao was steady and indeed becoming more and more mature. Ding Junhui gradually entered a better situation, and in the face of the difficult situation, Ding Junhui played a rather beautiful attack. However, Ding Junhui met the fiery Higgins in the quarterfinals, who played three strokes of 60+, and one shot to break the hundred, almost did not give Ding Junhui too good a chance, Higgins eliminated Ding Junhui 4-1, strong promotion to the quarterfinals.
Although Ding Junhui lost the game, he still received good news, because Mark Allen voluntarily withdrew from the Championship Invitational Tournament, and Ding Junhui relied on the ranking to qualify for the Championship in advance. Obviously, Ding Junhui needs more competitions to find the feel, to be able to participate in the championship invitational tournament, and the master competition, which is a particularly good opportunity for him, I hope Ding Junhui will grasp it well.
The last game that ended was Yan Bingtao's 4-3 elimination of Selby, from the ranking point of view, this is a cold goal, but Yan Bingtao is indeed getting stronger and stronger. At some point, it can be said that Yan Bingtao defeated Selby in the way of Selby. Yan Bingtao once led 3-1, but was dragged into the decider by Selby. The two competed fiercely in the last set, Yan Bingtao took the lead, but there was a mistake, Selby also made a mistake after the score, Yan Bingtao did not miss the opportunity again, 4-3 to take away the victory.
At this point, all eight finals of this England Open were born, with Trump vs. Mark King, Karen Wilson vs Neil Robertson in the first half, O'Sullivan vs Brechel and Higgins vs. Yan Bingtao in the second half. After the Northern Ireland Open, Yan Bingtao met Higgins again, and it was Higgins who was in hot form, hoping that he could play his best and attack the championship!