China’s Yan Bingtao plays a shot during the semi-final of the 2020 Coral Players Championship in Southport, England, in February. Photo: VCG/VCG via Getty Images China’s Yan Bingtao plays a shot during the semi-final of the 2020 Coral Players Championship in Southport, England, in February. Photo: VCG/VCG via Getty Images
China’s Yan Bingtao plays a shot during the semi-final of the 2020 Coral Players Championship in Southport, England, in February. Photo: VCG/VCG via Getty Images
World Snooker
Sport /  China

China’s Yan Bingtao eclipses Ding Junhui with Masters debut win

  • ‘Like playing Steve Davis in his prime,’ Neil Robertson says after losing to Chinese world No 11 in Milton Keynes
  • ‘He is fully capable of winning these events,’ world No 2 says of Yan, who faces Stephen Maguire in quarter-finals

Topic |   World Snooker
Jonathan White
Jonathan White

Updated: 10:54am, 13 Jan, 2021

Why you can trust SCMP
China’s Yan Bingtao plays a shot during the semi-final of the 2020 Coral Players Championship in Southport, England, in February. Photo: VCG/VCG via Getty Images China’s Yan Bingtao plays a shot during the semi-final of the 2020 Coral Players Championship in Southport, England, in February. Photo: VCG/VCG via Getty Images
China’s Yan Bingtao plays a shot during the semi-final of the 2020 Coral Players Championship in Southport, England, in February. Photo: VCG/VCG via Getty Images
READ FULL ARTICLE