On January 3, 2022, the Snooker Champions League came to the third group of competition, three Chinese players Zhao Xintong, Xiao Guodong and Lu Ning played, Zhao Xintong performed well, winning two consecutive world champions Selby, Bingham, and Lu Ning won Joe. Perry, Zero Seal Ryan. Dai, the two temporarily tied for the first place in the group, Xiao Guodong played one less round, the same is the good news, the Chinese players won all five games.
The seven players in the third group are very strong, Selby and Bingham are the world champions, Selby is ranked 1st in the world, Zhao Xintong is the champion of the New Science and England Championships, ranked 9th in the world, Ryan. Dai, Joe. Perry is a ranking champion, Xiao Guodong has been runners-up in the ranking tournament twice, and has blasted his first 147 this season, and the 28-year-old Lu Ning has performed in the final four of the British Championship.
The group stage has 5 sets and 3 wins, everyone has to play six rounds, the top four in the overall performance ranking advance to the semi-finals, competing for a winner group seat, the two players in the bottom of the ranking are eliminated, the three players who did not advance and the players ranked 5 join the next group to continue the game, the first group Liang Wenbo advanced, the second group Graeme. Dort was promoted, and Ding Junhui and Yan Bingtao were all members of the sixth group.
Originally, Zhao Xintong was in the second group, and later he gave up his qualifications, Xiao Guodong was shortlisted as a substitute, and as a result, he also changed his mind later, plus Mark. Williams withdrew from the competition, and applied for approval with the World Taiwan Federation, and he will prepare for the Masters in advance.
In the first round, the three Chinese players played steadily, Zhao Xintong played a single 62 points, 53 points 3-0 to win the Selby, since winning the British Championship, Zhao Xintong's confidence has greatly increased, the overall performance is more stable, Xiao Guodong played a single 68 points 3-2 narrow victory over Bingham, this time he is in good shape, Lu Ning played a single shot 74 points 3-2 to beat Joe. Perry, the three recent encounters between the two have been won by Ronin.
Next Zhao Xintong against world champion Bingham, the first set Zhao Xintong repeatedly to 71-24 to take the lead, Bingham did not want to show weakness to blast out a single shot 100 points also in color, the third set Zhao Xintong won 89-1 to get the match point, in the fourth set Bingham scored 28 points and made a mistake, Zhao Xintong played a single 73 points to end the game, and finally defeated Bingham 3-1, and won the second consecutive win in the group stage.
Ronin's opponent is Ryan. Day, the latter having won the ranking tournament three times, ended Selby's winning streak in the final, with Ryan in the first set. Dai failed to continue the attack twice, Ronin played a single 50 points 60-2 win, in the second set Ronin took advantage of the situation to chase, played a single 55 points 71-25 to win another set, the third set Ronin played a single 81 points quick final, and finally won 3-0 Ryan. wear.