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This file photo taken on November 29, 2014 shows China’s Yan Bingtao playing a shot against Pakistan cueist Mohammad Sajjad during the men’s finals of the IBSF World Snooker Championship in Bangalore. (Photo by Manjunath KIRAN / AFP)
Yan Bingtao has risen from a poor working-class background and playing to support his cancer-stricken mother to become China’s latest sporting prodigy.
The 20-year-old snooker star stunned four-time world champion John Higgins 10-8 to claim the prestigious Masters title on Sunday at England’s Milton Keynes, becoming the tournament’s youngest winner in 26 years.
It was world number 11 Yan’s first major title and he is just a year older than Ronnie O’Sullivan when in 1995 he won the Masters at 19, also beating Higgins.
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