Yan Bingtao reaches World Snooker Championship round of 16 for second consecutive year
2022-04-20 11:07:27Source: Xinhuanet
Xinhua News Agency, London, April 19 (Reporter Zhang Wei) Chinese teenager Yan Bingtao defeated his first-round opponent Wakelin 10:6 on the 19th, breaking into the top 16 of the World Snooker Championship for the second consecutive year, and will face the defending champion in the next round. elby.
The 22-year-old Yan Bingtao directly qualified for the World Championships with his ranking of No. 16 in the world. Facing Wakelin who broke through the qualifying round in the first round, Yan Bingtao said before the game that as long as he played normally, “it’s not a big deal to win the first round”.
Although the first quarter was a bit stalemate, Yan Bingtao only led 5:4, but in the second quarter he dominated the game after winning 4 games in a row, and finally won 10:6.
Yan Bingtao said after the game that compared with the previous two World Championships, he felt more confident in this game, so the most important thing before the game is to relax as much as possible. “But I’m always stressed and I only slept two hours last night, so now I’m very tired.”
At last year’s World Championships, Yan Bingtao was the only one of the five participating Chinese golfers who passed the first hurdle. He lost in the second round to Murphy, who eventually reached the final. Now that he is about to encounter Selby, who has won four world championships, Yan Bingtao said he is looking forward to it.
“Many people say we have similar styles and I can’t wait to meet him in a 13-win-25-inning match. I’m going to enjoy the game as much as I can. Mark (Selby) has great control of the table and I Always wanted to be as good as him defensively,” he said.
On the same day, Chinese player Lu Haotian, who only qualified for the main match after three rounds of qualifying matches, lost 5:10 to former world champion Bingham, who will wait to face the winner between Chinese star Ding Junhui and Wilson.
As the world ranking fell out of the top 16, Ding Junhui went through the qualifying test this year before being shortlisted for the World Championships. He and Wilson have met 1-1 in the last two meetings.