Original title: Snooker World Championships: “75 Three Heroes” meet in the quarter-finals, Yan Bingtao looks forward to making history once more
The second round of the 2022 Snooker World Championships ended in Sheffield, England, and the top 8 lists were all generated on the 26th, Beijing time. The old and strong “75 three heroes” were all shortlisted, and China’s “only seedling” Yan Bingtao became the only “post-00” player in the top 8, and the only non-local player.
The biggest favorite, “Melbourne Machine” Robertson, who has been crowned four times this season, stopped in the round of 16 and became the biggest upset of this World Championship so far.
The third stage of the contest between Robertson and the “post-90s” Lisovsky was held in the early morning of the 26th Beijing time. Robertson, who was behind 7:9 in the first two stages, suddenly broke out following losing another game, overtook the score 11:10, and scored 147 points in the 19th game. However, following entering the match point at 12:11, the “Melbourne Machine” failed once more, and the “Little Driver” won 2 games in a row, defeated the opponent with 13:12, and advanced to the top 8 of the World Championships.
The quarter-final matchup of the World Championships will be released. The “75 Three Heroes” who are all 47 years old – “Rocket” O’Sullivan, “Golden Left Hand” Williams and “Wizard” Higgins will play once morest Maguire, Yan Bingtao and Lisovsky respectively. The fight will be between Bingham and Trump.
As the first “post-00” player to win the ranking championship, Yan Bingtao reached the top 8 of the World Championship for the first time in his career. The Chinese teenager is looking forward to another miracle in the showdown with “Golden Left Hand” Williams.
The contest with the largest age difference in the quarter-finals is also one of the focuses of this round. Eliminating the No. 1 seed and defending champion Selby in the second round undoubtedly gave Yan Bingtao great confidence and confidence. But “one thing degrades one thing”, in the previous 6 confrontations with “Uncle Ma”, Yan Bingtao was at a disadvantage with 2 wins and 4 losses, and his 2 wins were still unconventional competitions that lacked gold content. In this World Championships, Williams is even more in a state of bursting, with 10 strokes 11 strokes 50+ to become the player with the best offensive data in the first two rounds.
But Yan Bingtao is not without a chance to win this time. In long-game events, physical fitness is a big test for players. Compared with the “Golden Left Hand” who is more than twice his age, Yan Bingtao undoubtedly has an absolute advantage. As one of the “successors” of the “grinding control” style of play, Yan Bingtao has a steady style of play and is good at defense. He can often wear down his opponent’s patience and make mistakes in the game. In the second round, even Selby, the “King of Grinding”, was not spared. “Stability” will also become Yan Bingtao’s trump card once morest “Golden Left Hand” and “Accuracy”.
Yan Bingtao also has enough confidence in the quarter-finals once morest Williams, who has never beaten in the ranking matches before. “Williams looks very strong and confident at the moment, but so do I. I can give him trouble and pressure,” he said.
The quarter-finals of the 2022 World Snooker Championships will start on the evening of the 26th, Beijing time. This round of competition still adopts the best of 13 system of 25 rounds, which is divided into 3 stages.
