Data map: Yan Bingtao in the game.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Yu Kun

　　Chinanews, January 18th. In the early morning of the 18th, Beijing time, the 2021 Snooker Masters ended the competition for the finals.

After China’s post-00 player Yan Bingtao fell behind 3:5 in the first stage, he broke a hundred in the second stage, defeated Higgins 10:8, and won the first snooker “three major tournaments” in his career (World Championships, World Championships, British Championships, Masters) champion.

　　After the start of the first game, Higgins made a mistake and Yan Bingtao took the lead to complete the over-pointing; in the second game, Higgins pulled back one game at 73:16; then, Yan Bingtao made another effort to win the third game with 74:66 ; In the fourth game, Higgins finished with 63 points in a single stroke, and the two sides drew 2:2.

　　After the break, Higgins's condition recovered and finished with 98 points in a single stroke.

In the next round, Higgins continued to expand his lead.

In the seventh game, Yan Bingtao started a single-shot with 97 points to complete a single game reversal, and in the eighth game he was pulled back by Higgins.

In the end, Higgins ended the first stage of the game with a 5:3 lead.

　　At the beginning of the second stage, Yan Bingtao completed the difficult clearing with Higgins delaying points, and won the ninth game in the subsequent black ball. After that, he evened the score in the 10th game.

Next, Higgins returned to the lead again and entered the second half-time with a 7:5 lead.

　　The teenager Yan Bingtao was not discouraged. He overtook the score at the end of the 15th game.

In the 16th inning, Higgins tied the score, and in the 17th inning, Yan Bingtao got the match point.

Since then, he seized Higgins' mistakes and won the key game 99:31, winning the championship with a big score of 10:8.

　　At this point, Yan Bingtao also broke Ding Junhui's record and became the youngest player in China to win the first "three major tournament" championship in his career.

After the game, Yan Bingtao sighed that he had not given up when he was in a bad state, which became the key to victory.

　　Yan Bingtao's performance also attracted the attention and praise of the snooker seniors.

Higgins once said that Yan Bingtao reminded him of Davis when he was young, and O'Sullivan even sent a message to Yan Bingtao, "He will become the best player and he can win 6 world championships." (End)