On January 2, 2022, the good news came from the World Taiwan Federation, and the past champion of the championship, Mark . Williams made an important decision, temporarily announcing her withdrawal from the third group of the Champions League that starts tomorrow, and the new Keying Championship champion China's talent Zhao Xintong was shortlisted as a substitute for the opening match in the new year, and the first round of the group stage against the four-time World Champion Mark. Selby, three Chinese players competed in the same group.
Just last year's British Championship, Zhao Xintong defeated Belgian star Luca. Brechel, who won the first ranking championship of his career, became the first post-90s player in snooker history to win three major championships, Zhao Xintong has always been known as a talented player, O'Sullivan, Higgins and other famous players are very optimistic about him, can achieve more achievements in the field of snooker, in fact, they have not looked at the wrong person.
Zhao Xintong is currently the highest-ranked Chinese player, firmly in the top ten in the world, with the British Championship to win the championship, he determined the qualification of a number of important events, received close attention from outside fans, despite losing to Martin at the World Grand Prix. Gould failed to continue the previous good state, but the overall performance is still worthy of recognition, he and Yan Bingtao are excellent, bringing unexpected surprises to Chinese fans.
The gold content of the Champions League is average, the prize money is very low and not counted in the world ranking, but the top master registration rate is very high, because this is a good opportunity to train in the race, can participate or try to play, Zhao Xintong originally participated in the second group of competitions, and later chose to quit, Xiao Guodong substituted for the game, at that time everyone's view was that he was preparing for the Masters, so he gave up the qualification for the Champions League.
But didn't expect Mark. Williams because of his personal situation, temporarily announced his withdrawal, gave up his own qualifications, Zhao Xintong's ideas have also changed, hoping to adjust through this competition, warm up for the Masters in advance, express the willingness to participate, the World Taiwan Federation finally chose to give him this opportunity, Zhao Xintong substitute shortlisted, as soon as it came up against Selby, ushered in a major test.
In addition to Zhao Xintong and Selby, the same players in the third group are Lu Ning, Xiao Guodong, Bingham, Ryan. Dai, Joe. Perry has five, including five ranking champions, Xiao Guodong is a two-time runner-up, and Lu Ning is the worst relative, reaching the final four of the British Championships, before he and Joe. Perry's vignette was also controversial among many fans, and he explained it afterwards.
The short-term system still depends on the player's on-the-spot play, in the end, only one person can advance to the winner group, to ensure that the top five can join the next group to continue the game, the performance of the three Chinese players is worth looking forward to, and finally hope that they can achieve good results, come on!