2-4 to 6-5! Yan Bingtao overcomes Bingham to reach the Masters final
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Yan Bingtao overcame Robertson after being 3:5 down, 6:5 behind; overcame Marquez after being 2:3 down, 6:5 behind; overcame Bingham after being 2:4 down, 6:5 behind
In the semifinals of the 2021 Snooker Masters, 20-year-old Chinese player Yan Bingtao defeated the defending champion Higgins 6-5, becoming the youngest player to reach a Masters final since Ding Junhui in 2007. In the final, he will compete with two-time champion Higgins for the Paul Hunter Trophy and a prize money of £250,000. If he succeeds, Yan Bingtao will also become the youngest Masters champion since O’Sullivan in 1995. In the first round, Yan Bingtao defeated the world’s second-ranked player Robertson 6:5, and then eliminated the world’s eighth-ranked player McGuire with the same score. In his debut at the Snooker Masters, he achieved three consecutive victories, all of them in tiebreaks. Due to the tightened controls related to the prevention and control of COVID-19, the tournament with a history of over 40 years was held away from London for the first time this year, taking place in Milton Keynes, 80 kilometers northwest of London. Trump, the world’s number one player, and Lisowski, ranked 14th in the world, both withdrew after testing positive for COVID-19 prior to the match.
Made it to the final on his first appearance in the Masters. This is also his third consecutive match in this tournament in which he wins the deciding set. He will compete with Higgins for the championship of this event.