Xinhua News Agency, London, December 6 (Reporter Zhang Wei) Ding Junhui, China’s top snooker player, and Yan Bingtao, a new star, defeated their opponents on the 6th and will meet in the semi-final of the British championship.
Since winning the championship of the British championship for the second time in 2009, Ding Junhui has not entered the final four of this competition. The Chinese snooker leader, who once ranked as the first in the world, has not won the ranking Championship for more than two years, and has staged “one round tour” many times since this season “.
However, the 32-year-old Ding Junhui seemed to find his hand feeling in York this time, among which the game of leek defending champion O’Sullivan in the top eight was particularly exciting. On the 6th, facing the compatriots Liang Wenbo, Ding Junhui also played smoothly and won by 6:2.
19-year-old Yan Bingtao often surprises people. After winning the first ranking championship in the Riga Masters this year, he, who has entered the top 20 in the world, advanced to the top four of the third competition for the first time after eliminating the champion Higgins at 6:3. In the 16th strong battle, he beat Australian master Robertson 6:1.
Yan Bingtao said frankly that when he got the sign form, he didn’t expect to go so far. He never thought he could defeat Robertson or Higgins, which gave him a lot of confidence. Looking forward to the semi-finals, Yan Bingtao said that he had never played against Ding Junhui in professional competitions before, hoping that they could play a wonderful game.
Ding Junhui commented on the younger generation that Yan Bingtao was very talented and ranked rapidly. He has won a championship this year, so he must be confident.