Yan Bingtao is the 17-year-old Chinese snooker whizzkid who thrashed Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins in a very 独特の red and 黒人／ボイコット 控訴

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It's difficult to know what made the bigger 声明 - Yan Bingtao's bold red and 黒人／ボイコット check outfit or the drubbings of 多重の world 支持する／優勝者s Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins.

The 17-year-old Chinese snooker sensation sent shockwaves through the sport earlier this week by thrashing five-time Crucible 支持する／優勝者 O'Sullivan 6-1 in the first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the International 選手権 in Daqing.

And as if to 証明する that wasn't a fluke, Yan went on to outplay four-time world 支持する／優勝者 Higgins 6-2 in the ４半期/4分の1-決勝戦, having also 敗北・負かすd Ricky Walden and Jack Lisowski inbetween.

Chinese snooker sensation Yan Bingtao during his International 選手権 ４半期/4分の1-final 勝利，勝つ over John Higgins in Daqing, 中国

With his 独特の red and 黒人／ボイコット check outfit, Yan Bingtao certainly makes a 声明

Vibrant, colourful and incredibly talented on the baize, Yan is the 最新の snooker prodigy to 現れる from 中国 and he is already 存在 compared to a young Steve Davis に引き続いて his 保証するd 業績／成果s.

He will play Northern Ireland's 示す Allen for a place in the Daqing final and is within touching distance of a first 最高位の 肩書を与える.

中国 is home to thousands of snooker players and Yan has followed 設立するd 指名するs Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo through the 階級s.

Although only 階級d 55 in the world at the moment, it's likely we'll soon be seeing the 十代の少年少女 play in and even challenge for snooker's grandest prizes.

And Yan has already been soaking up the acclaim from the sport's エリート. O'Sullivan was left a mere 観客 as Yan 攻撃する，衝突する breaks of 68, 89, 91, 52 and 73 to 勝利，勝つ handsomely, with O'Sullivan left pointless in the final four でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れるs.

Yan Bingtao has beaten Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins en 大勝する to the 半分-決勝戦

Five-time world 支持する／優勝者 O'Sullivan looks 失望させるd in his 6-1 first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する loss to Yan?

'If he can play like that 終始一貫して, he'll 勝利，勝つ a lot of tournaments,' said 'The ロケット／急騰する' afterwards. 'He has an all-一連の会議、交渉／完成する game, a good temperament and he carries himself 井戸／弁護士席.

'He has presence around the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する - to be a 支持する／優勝者 you need to portray that image. All the 広大な／多数の／重要な players won tournaments when they were 17 or 18 so if he's going to be a 広大な／多数の／重要な player then he'll 勝利，勝つ one soon.'

But it was Higgins who drew the comparison with six-time world 支持する／優勝者 Davis after ending up on the receiving end of a Yan masterclass in the last eight.

'He 全く outplayed me, and he plays fantastically. He is superb,' Higgins said. 'He is clever when he is in trouble, he's got everything.

'[He's] maybe [like] a younger Steve Davis. He will be a 未来 world 支持する／優勝者, no problem.'

As you might 推定する／予想する, there are some elements of Yan's game that remain a little rough 一連の会議、交渉／完成する the 辛勝する／優位s and he is certainly honest about that.

John Higgins was also thrashed (6-2) by the Chinese 十代の少年少女 in the ４半期/4分の1-決勝戦

Bingtao has been compared to a young Steve Davis and is tipped for success in the 未来

'I think I can （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 anyone, but I need to be 静める and 円熟した,' he said after the first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する 勝利，勝つ over O'Sullivan.

'I learned a lot from my first year as a プロの／賛成の, and I need to be in 支配（する）／統制する and 一貫した. I might （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 a 最高の，を越す 16 player and then lose the next match playing like a different person.'

Yan was only 13 when he first started playing in professional 競争s and it wasn't long before he started taking scalps.

In 2014, he won the World Amateur Snooker 選手権 and had 以前 beaten Higgins - and Stephen Maguire - in the 2015 Snooker World Cup.

His first 外見 at the Crucible （機の）カム last year, when he gave Shaun Murphy plenty to think about before going 負かす／撃墜する 10-8 in their first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する 会合.

However, it's now very 明らかな that we'll be seeing plenty more of Yan - and his 勇敢に立ち向かう sartorial choices - in the 未来.

The incredibly talented Yan looks 始める，決める to play at the Crucible for the second time in 2018

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