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Yan Bingtao won the Masters connected his debut aged 20Former Masters champion Yan Bingtao has been suspended from the World Snooker Tour (WST) arsenic portion of an ongoing probe into match-fixing.
China's Yan, the satellite fig 16, was owed to play connected Monday astatine the English Open successful Brentwood, but his suspension has been imposed aft allegations of manipulating the result of matches for betting purposes.
The 22-year-old's prohibition volition stay successful spot until the result of the investigation.
Yan, who became the youngest Masters champion successful 26 years erstwhile helium bushed John Higgins successful the 2021 final, has the close to entreaty the decision.
Last week 5 Chinese players were handed suspensions by snooker's governing body, the WPBSA.
Lu Ning, Li Hang, Zhao Jianbo, Bai Langning and Chang Bingyu were each suspended, portion compatriot Liang Wenbo was banned connected 27 October pending the results of a misconduct investigation.
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