On the evening of December 20, Beijing time, the invitational version of the snooker Champions League began, and the first group of matches was played first, including Liang Wenbo and Zhou Yuelong, two Chinese players, whose opponents in the same group were Gary Wilson, Ryan Day, Lissovsky and world champion Graeme Dort.
In the first round of the group stage, Zhou Yuelong lost 1-3 to Lisovsky, and Liang Wenbo won three consecutive sets to reverse Ryan Dai 3-1.
In the second round of the group stage, Liang Wenbo did not have any rest, and after playing the match with Ryan Day, he directly began the match with Gary Wilson.
In the first set, Gary Wilson led 45-18, Liang Wenbo did not give up, made a snooker for the opponent, but Gary Wilson was too lucky, directly solved the ball, 50-22, Gary Wilson exceeded the score, Liang Wenbo continued to appear, need to do 2 snooker to make up for the lack of points, there are still 4 colored balls left on the table, Liang Wenbo scored the first two color balls, but the pink ball failed to do snooker, Liang Wenbo then took the initiative to touch the ball and choose to concede defeat, Gary Wilson first.
In the second set, Gary Wilson scored the far red ball, very accurate! Next, Gary Wilson vigorously K scattered the red ball pile, the situation has been completely simplified, however, after scoring 34 points, Gary Wilson gave up the good situation, Liang Wenbo seized the opportunity to play a single 57 points to complete the counterattack, Gary Wilson left another opportunity, Liang Wenbo successfully won a set.
In the third set, Gary Wilson led 55-4, but the ball type was in chaos, and Liang Wenbo also had a chance to reverse. In the end, though, it was Gary Wilson who won the innings, and the General Bureau took a 2-1 lead again.
In the fourth set, Liang Wenbo equalized again. In the decider, Liang Wenbo was in a dangerous situation, with Gary Wilson leading 36-10 and also going on mobile. After that, the two began to fight defensively, Gary Wilson took the lead in attacking, the red ball failed to score and left the opportunity, Liang Wenbo hit the red ball to get started, but the mother ball control was not accurate enough, and the game fell into a stalemate. A precise far-court red ball was scored, and Liang Wenbo started again and completed the game with a 3-2 score!
In this battle, Liang Wenbo played quite tenaciously, 2 degrees behind and 2 degrees equalized, 3-2 kills! As a famous Chinese snooker player who once won the ranking championship, Liang Wenbo did not disappoint everyone.
According to the rules of the Champions League, the first place in the group is promoted, the last two in the group are directly eliminated, and the remaining 3 players enter the next stage to continue the game. That is to say, after winning 2 consecutive games in the first two games of the group, Liang Wenbo has already controlled the initiative of the group's promotion!