On January 4, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker Champions League continued the third group competition, and china had three players playing, they were Zhao Xintong, Lu Ning and Xiao Guodong. Competition in this group is fiercely competitive as there is also world number one Mark Selby and former world champion Stuart Bingham, as well as Ryan Day and Joe Perry.
Zhao Xintong led the group stage 3-0 Selby and 3-1 Bingham.
Since Zhao Xintong won the British Championship, the voice in the game is very high, and fans hope that Zhao Xintong can continue the momentum of winning the British Championship. Originally, Zhao Xintong did not participate in the Champions League, and after New Year's Day, the 3-time World Championship champion Mark Williams announced his withdrawal from the Champions League, and Zhao Xintong participated as a substitute. In the competition, Zhao Xintong played well, defeating two world champions Selby and Bingham in 3-3 wins, and defeating compatriot Xiao Guodong 3-2 to lead the group stage.
In the first game, Zhao Xintong faced the powerful Mark Selby, the opening Zhao Xintong single shot 63 points to get the opening red, the second set Selby single shot 58 points failed to exceed the score, Zhao Xintong steadily played a 68-65 narrow victory, the third set of 52 points zero seal Selby. Zhao Xintong won the first victory.
In the second game, Zhao Xintong played against another world champion, Bingham, and the two began in a long tug-of-war, and finally Zhao Xintong won the first set 71-24. In the second set, Bingham broke through the 100 to tie the score, and then Zhao Xintong played the next two consecutive sets to seal the victory 3-1.
Ronin finished 4th in the group with 2 wins and 1 loss, with Joe Perry losing again to Ronin.
Last night, Zhao Xintong and Xiao Guodong took the lead in the derby, xiao Guodong scored a single shot of 54 points to get a good start, then Zhao Xintong single shot 61 points and 90 points to surpass, in the third set Xiao Guodong seized the opportunity to single shot 69 points to drag into the decider.
In the 5th set, Xiao Guodong took the lead and unfortunately made a mistake, and Zhao Xintong seized the opportunity to win the derby with 88 points. In this way, Zhao Xintong won all 3 battles to crush other players. Xiao Guodong defeated Bingham and Joe Perry to temporarily finish second in the group.
Fans are still most looking forward to the match between Ronin and Joe Perry, because in the 2nd Group game, Joe Perry accused Ronin of playing slowly, which provoked Lunin's anger, so that Lunin jumped off the mother ball and vented his anger. The second encounter, the opening Ronin scored 74 points to Joe Perry. The two then fell into bitter battles many times, and Joe Perry won two consecutive victories to surpass the score.
After the fourth set, the two did not improve their form, still piecemeal, and finally Lu Ning steadily won two consecutive sets to reverse Joe Perry to win. Meanwhile, Ronin swept Ryan Day 3-0, but lost 1-3 to Mark Selby. Lunin finished 4th in the group with 2 wins and 1 set.
Ryan Day was at the bottom of the group with 1 win and 3 losses, and Joe Perry was second to the bottom of the group with 1 win and 2 losses, and according to the rules of the game, the two were about to be eliminated. I hope that Zhao Xintong, Xiao Guodong and Lu Ning will continue to win the game.