In the early morning of January 4, Beijing time, the first matchday of the 3rd group of the Snooker Champions League ended, Zhao Xintong ranked first in the standings, China's 3 people pressured the world's first Selby to dominate the top 3, world champion Bingham almost bottomed, with the net win advantage, Bingham ranked second from the bottom before Ryan Dai. I have to say that such a half-way standings situation is a big cold!
Including Zhao Xintong, Xiao Guodong and Lu Ning, there are 7 Chinese players in the third group, and Selby is undoubtedly the biggest favorite to advance, followed by Bingham, which is the 2 world champions in this group.
A total of 12 group round robins were played on the first matchday
Zhao Xintong swept Selby 3-0, Xiao Guodong beat Bingham 3-2, and 2 big upsets broke out! Ronin narrowly beat Joe Perry 3-2.
Selby 2-3 Ryan Day suffered two consecutive defeats! Zhao Xintong defeated Bingham 3-1 to defeat the world champion in two consecutive rounds.
In a PK between world champions, Selby beat Bingham 3-2. Xiao Guodong 3-2 Joe Perry. Ronin 3-0 clean sheet Ryan Dai.
Bingham 3-0 Ryan Day, with their first win. Zhao Xintong defeated Xiao Guodong 3-2 to win the Chinese snooker derby. Joe Perry 3-2 Ryan Day. Selby 3-1 Lunin.
In the first four rounds, Zhao Xintong played 3 games, 3 wins, and strongly led the standings; Lu Ning and Xiao Guodong were both 2 wins and 1 loss, Selby 2 wins and 2 losses, Joe Perry 1 win and 2 losses, Bingham 1 win and 3 losses, Ryan Dai 1 win and 3 losses.
At present, the group round robin standings are: Zhao Xintong is in first place, Lu Ning is second in front of Xiao Guodong with a net win advantage, Xiao Guodong is third, Selby is fourth, Joe Perry is fifth, Bingham is sixth, and Ryan Dai is at the bottom. Day 2 of the group will be played tonight, and after the end of the group round robin, the top four in the final group table will reach the semi-finals until the group winner is decided.