On December 20, 2021, the snooker Champions League kicked off, and China's Zhou Yuelong and Liang Wenbo played in the first group competition, the first two rounds of group matches ended with 2 wins and 2 losses, and the post-80s player Liang Wenbo won consecutively against Ryan. Dai, Gary. Wilson, maintaining a record of total victory, Zhou Yuelong lost to Lissovsky and Graeme. Dort, as long as he loses one more game, he is basically sure that he will not be able to advance.
The Champions League is an invitational tournament in which 25 players are divided into seven groups, the first group of 7 people, the other six groups of 3 people, play 5 rounds and 3 wins round robin, and finally calculate the total score, the first ranked player advances, the two players in the bottom ranking are out, the other three players join the next group to continue the game, and so on, and finally 7 people advance to compete for the final championship.
Six Chinese players were invited, namely Ding Junhui, Yan Bingtao, Zhou Yuelong, Lu Ning, Liang Wenbo, The British Championship champion Zhao Xintong temporarily withdrew, Xiao Guodong was shortlisted as a substitute, Trump, O'Sullivan, Higgins, Selby, Robertson and other famous players have registered, although the prize money is not high and the gold content is low, but everyone attaches great importance to it, hoping to win the championship and strive for next year's championship qualification.
The seven players in the first group were Zhou Yuelong, Liang Wenbo and Graeme. Dot, Gary. Wilson, Ryan. Day, Lisovsky, Tom. Ford, the highest ranked in the world is Zhou Yuelong, Ryan. Day has won three ranking titles, Graeme. Dortmund has won the World Championship, Liang Wenbo is the winner of the English Open, the other four have runners-up, and the lineup is still relatively strong.
Zhou Yuelong once won the Champions League runner-up once, lost to Higgins in the final, the first round of the group stage against Lissovsky, The first set Lisovsky played a single shot 79 points to take the lead, in the second set Lisovsky won the fight 82-25, then Zhou Yuelong repeatedly started 88-11 to save a match point, the fourth set Lisovsky ended the game 69-53, 3-1 victory over Zhou Yuelong to win the opening red.
Second round against Graeme. Dortmund, Zhou Yuelong won 90-61 multiple times, Graeme. Dort played a single shot of 59 points, 58 points, 56 points to win three consecutive sets, 3-1 light Zhou Yuelong, recently Zhou Yuelong played a lot of games, has not been in the state, has not found the feel.
Liang Wenbo performed well, playing well in the first round against Ryan. Dai, Liang Wenbo played a single 99 points, 70 points to take a 2-1 lead, in the fourth set Ryan. Dai scored a single shot of 61 points to interrupt the offense, Liang Wenbo grasped the mobile phone meeting, completed the super point to achieve a reversal, 3-1 victory over Ryan. wear.
Next against Gary. Wilson, who finished runner-up at the British Open this season, lost to Mark. Williams, Liang Wenbo scored a single shot of 61 points, 57 points, 52 points, 1-2 behind to win two consecutive sets, 3-2 narrowly beat Gary. Wilson, who won both group matches.