At 19:00 Beijing time on January 3, the snooker Champions League Group 3 opened, and the Chinese three joined hands to attack the group championship, and the opponents in the same group were Selby, Bingham, Joe Perry and Ryan Day.
The Champions League is snooker's famous short game, with 3 wins in 5 sets and 7 groups of first-finalists competing for the final title. The first two groups of Chinese golfers relayed to the final, Liang Wenbo won the first place in group 1, Lu Ning qued 2nd and Xiao Guodong joined group 3 together, and Zhou Yuelong, who had been a finalist in the 2018 Champions League, ranked at the bottom of group 1 and regrettably left.
Group 3 originally had Three World Champions, Mark Williams, Selby and Bingham, joined the team, and after The Golden Left Hand withdrew, the World Taiwan Federation arranged for Zhao Xintong to compete, so that the Chinese Legion had 3 players to fight. Zhao Xintong is the new king of the British Championships, and also the first three major 90s champion, his strength is sharp attack, strong single-shot winning ability, the short board is the ball, defense and room for improvement. As a super substitute in the Champions League, Zhao Xintong will have a direct dialogue with Selby and Bingham's 2 major world champions, and whether he can rush to the championship is worth looking forward to.
Among the other two Chinese golfers, Lu Ning's Group 2 had clashed with Joe Perry due to poor playing. If China's post-90s generation cannot solve the mentality problem, it will be difficult to go further in the competition. Xiao Guodong, the runner-up of the 2nd ranking tournament, has not broken the championship drought so far, but he still has an advantage of 1, that is, the best performance against Selby and Bingham among the 3. Zhao Xintong won only 2 games against Sebin 2 in 13 matches, Runin lost all 2 games against Selby, and 3 PK Bingham only won 1. Xiao Guodong and Selby have a slight advantage in 8 meetings with 3 wins and 5 losses, and are equal to Bingham in 2 moves. In the 2015 Champions League winners' group, China swept 3-0, and the 2021 second brother also kept a 2-0 clean sheet in the WST series. Whether the 32-year-old Xiao Guodong can become the dark horse of this Champions League, together with the winner group of Liang Wen Expo, stay tuned.
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