14-year-old Chinese sends Advani packing, enters final

Bengaluru: China’s 14-year-old Yan Bingtao on Friday scripted a sensational upset when he sent Indian ace Pankaj Advani packing with a 6-4 victory in the quarter-finals before winning his semi-final game at the Seaways IBSF World Snooker Championship.
Bingtao will face Pakistan’s Mohammed Sajjad in the summit clash. While Bingtao beat Kristanut Lertsattayathorn of Thailand by 7-5 frames, Sajjad easily got past Zhao Xintong by 7-3 frames to stop the grand finale being an all-Chinese affair.
On the day at the Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Advani, who has 12 world titles across all formats till date, could not concentrate on his game and did not play big points as the Chinese schoolboy.
“There was too much of disturbance and I was not able to concentrate. I also did not play well. Bingtao too did not play any great snooker but I am not taking anything from him. It is just that he played the big points well while I did not. That made the difference,” Advani told reporters after his defeat.
Bingtao, however, refused to speak the media as he preferred concentrating on his semi-final match. Bingtao will play Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn in the semi-finals. (PTI)