In the third group competition of the World Snooker Champions League, which just ended on January 3, 2022, Beijing time, China's Zhao Xintong swept Selby 3-0 with 63, 52 and 73 points, and easily defeated Bingham 3-1 to usher in two consecutive group wins. World Number One Selby, although scoring a single shot of 100, 58 and 62 points, lost to Zhao Xintong and Ryan Day and suffered two consecutive defeats in the group. 2015 world champion Bingham also suffered a New Year's Waterloo, although he exploded with 100 and 55 points, he still lost to Zhao Xintong and Xiao Guodong and suffered two consecutive defeats and Selby at the bottom.
Zhao Xintong 3-0 bloody Selby to win the first group
In the match between Zhao Xintong and Selby, Zhao Xintong's state can be described as very good. In the first set, Zhao Xintong won the game 72-42 with a single shot of 63 points to take a 1-0 lead over Selby. In the second set, although Selby blasted a single shot of 58 points, Zhao Xintong still won the game 68:65 to take a 2-0 lead and get the match point. In the third set, Zhao Xintong scored 52 points to win the set 3-0 in the set to win the first victory of the group.
Zhao Xintong beat Bingham 3-1 to win two straight
Although Zhao Xintong was not in a very good state against Bingham, he still beat his opponent with his accuracy. In the first set, Zhao Xintong won the game 71:24 to lead Bingham 1-0 to usher in the opening red. In the second set, Bingham single-handedly blasted a 100-point clean sheet zhao Xintong to draw 1-1 with his opponent. In the third set, Zhao Xintong 89:1 and the next set to win the 2-1 lead again to win the match point. As the game entered the fourth set, Zhao Xintong single-handedly blasted 73 points to win the game 74:28, thus beating Bingham to win two consecutive wins in the group 3-1, which also allowed him to lead the third group with six points.
Bingham lost 2-3 to Xiao Guodong and suffered two consecutive defeats
Although Bingham and Xiao Guodong were not in very good shape, Xiao Guodong still successfully seized the opportunity. In the first set, Xiao Guodong successfully scored 78 points by going to the mobile phone several times to win the game 78-7 to lead Bingham 1-0. In the second set, Bingham single-handedly scored 55 points to win the game 77:6 to draw 1-1 with Xiao Guodong. In the third set, Bingham scored 98 points with his excellent ability to seize opportunities and won the set 98:12 to lead Xiao Guodong 2-1 to get the match point. In the fourth set, Xiao Guodong scored 68 points to win the game 90-4, thus drawing 2-2 with Bingham to usher in a double match point. In the fifth set, Xiao Guodong won the match 65:35 and beat Bingham 3-2 to usher in his first victory in the group. Bingham, on the other hand, suffered two consecutive defeats in the third group by virtue of his subsequent defeat to Zhao Xintong.
Selby lost to Ryan Day and suffered two straight defeats from the group
In the match between Selby and Ryan Day, I thought that Selby might reverse the decline here, but he still did not escape the fate of losing. In the first set, Selby directly blasted a 100-point clean sheet Ryan Day with a super performance to take a 1-0 lead. But then in the second set, Ryan Day won the game 120-1 with a single shot of 113 points and drew 1-1 with Selby. The game moved into the third set and Ryan Day once again played a good performance to win the game 85-6 to take a 2-1 lead over Selby to get the match point. In the fourth set, Selby blasted 62 points to win the game 72:36 to draw 2-2 with Ryan Day. In the fifth set, Ryan Day blasted 61 points to win the game 77-0 to win the game 3-2 to win the game. Selby, on the other hand, suffered two consecutive defeats in his second game in the group.