Nigel Bond 6–3 and Stuart Bingham 6–4, but lost 6–1 to Luca Brecel. At the Scottish Open, Yu reached the semi-finals for the first time in his career in a ranking tournament, beating Josh Boileau, Mark Joyce, Daniel Wells, Sean O'Sullivan and Liang Wenbo, all in final frame deciders. He was defeated by Marco Fu, the eventual winner of the tournament, 6–1 in the semi-finals. Yu was eliminated 5–3 by Michael White in the first round of the China Open and got through to the final World Championship qualifying round, but lost 10–7 to Martin Gould. 2018/2019 season On 25 May 2018, he was suspended from the tour for suspected match fixing. After a lengthy investigation, Yu was found guilty of match fixing and received a ban for 10 years and 9 months on 1 December 2018. Performance and rankings timeline References External links Yu Delu at worldsnooker.com 1987 births Chinese snooker players Living people Sportspeople from Shanxi Match fixers Banned sportspeople