On the evening of November 18, Beijing time, the snooker 2021 King of Kings Invitational Tournament ended the first group game in The D Zone in Bolton, England, and the champion Roninho Sullivan performed strongly in the duel with the "second brother" Bingham, and finally won the group stage.
The predecessor of the King of Kings is the Snooker Premier League, which was established from 1987, and from 1997 to 2012, O'Sullivan won 10 of the 17 titles, which can be called "his own back garden".
From 2013, the tournament was restructured and named King of Kings, also known as Crown of Champions. Over the course of 6 years, O'Sullivan performed amazingly, reaching the finals on all five occasions and winning three titles, making him a veritable king of kings.
The schedule enters the fourth matchday, and in the first three match days, three top 4 seats have been born: Trump, Wilson and Yan Bingtao.
At 21:00 p.m., the first group stage in Zone D was officially contested, led by title-winning favourite Ronnie Ronnie. O'Sullivan against "Second Brother" Bingham.
Since 2009, the two sides have met 19 times, and O'Sullivan is the nemesis of the second brother, who is at an absolute disadvantage, winning only 4 of them.
It is worth mentioning that this is the second time that the two sides have played each other at King of Kings, the last time was in the inaugural King of Kings final in 2013, when O'Sullivan defeated Bingham 10-8.
In this campaign, the two sides drew 1-1 in two sets, but in the following game, O'Sullivan scored 95 points and 57 consecutive points to grab the match point 3-1.
But in the 5th set, Bingham seized on the opponent's offensive and defensive mistakes, and hit a single 63 point to save a match point 2-3.
However, the good times did not last long, Bingham was immediately hit back by O'Sullivan in the 6th set, and in the end, the Rockets beat their opponents to reach the quarter-finals with an aggregate score of 4-2, and the next game will be the winner between Higgins and China's brother Ding Junhui, and the group game will start no later than 23:00 Beijing time.