On November 19, 2021, the snooker Championship was born, the last group stage game ended, Higgins won Ding Junhui and O'Sullivan for the third time this season, and then fought Yan Bingtao for the final seat, so that the semi-final matches were all released, and the top half of the zone Trump vs Karen. Wilson, in the second half of the zone Yan Bingtao vs Higgins, six world champions stopped the group stage.
The first three group matches, Selby, Robertson, Sean. Murphy, Mark. Williams all lost in the group stage, and finally O'Sullivan, Higgins, Bingham and Ding Junhui competed for a semi-final spot, resulting in O'Sullivan and Bingham out, six world champions were eliminated, and only Trump and Higgins won the World Championships.
In the first round of the group stage, 7 innings and 4 wins, Higgins fell behind 1-3 and won three consecutive sets, playing a single 66 points, 53 points 4-3 to reverse Ding Junhui, China's first-round exit for the second time in the new season, O'Sullivan played a single shot of 95 points, 57 points, 50 points 4-2 victory over Bingham, Higgins played against O'Sullivan for the 74th time, and Higgins eliminated O'Sullivan 6-5 in the English Open, and finally he lost to Robertson to win the runner-up.
In the second round, 11 innings and 6 wins, Higgins played a single 86 points to take the lead in the first set, O'Sullivan made a mistake in the second set, Higgins played a single shot 92 points and then won a game, in the third set O'Sullivan felt a recovery, blasted out a single shot 101 points and also in color, the fourth set of two sides had mistakes, Higgins took the initiative with high-quality defense, trailing many times to complete the clearance 63-57 narrow victory.
Back at halftime, Higgins scored a long shot to extend the lead, and in the sixth set O'Sullivan gave a big gift again, Higgins played a single 94 points, 5-1 to get the match point, and then Higgins played a single 63 points to lock in the victory, swept O'Sullivan 6-1 to advance to the championship final four, and O'Sullivan lost to Higgins in three meetings this year and failed to move on.
Looking at the hand-to-hand record alone, Yan Bingtao is not afraid of Higgins, but the comprehensive strength is still slightly better than Higgins, after Yan Bingtao defeated Higgins in this year's Masters, two consecutive encounters were won by Higgins, the Northern Ireland Open Higgins eliminated Yan Bingtao 6-2, and the English Open Higgins defeated Yan Bingtao 5-3, which will be a duel worth looking forward to, Yan Bingtao is a lot of possibilities.
After Ding Junhui was out of the group stage, the Chinese players wanted to achieve good results, and then they had to look at Yan Bingtao's performance, after winning Murphy and Selby to advance to the final four, the fans were full of expectations for him, hoping that the young player would do his best and strive for another good result.