This morning, the 2022 Snooker Champions League ended the first day of the 3rd group competition, China Snooker was all red, 3 people 9-7 wins and 2 losses, occupying the top 3 in the group of death, is expected to join hands in the top 4, and impact the first crown of the New Year.

The Champions League has previously produced a 2-seat winner group, Liang Wenbo pushed Lissovsky to the top of the group in Group 1, and World Champion Dort broke through in Group 2. The competition in Group 3 is particularly fierce, the new Selby and Bingham are both world champions, after Mark Williams retired, the new king of the British Championship Zhao Xintong was invited to participate, counting The Lu Ning, Xiao Guodong, Joe Perry and Ryan Day from the "bottom leak" of the 2nd group, the group concentrated 5 ranking champions, 3 three major championships, the competition is quite fierce.
Zhao Xintong won the British Championship last year, breaking the ranking competition and the three major championships to create history, and the world ranking rose to 9th. But he just won the championship just after the subsequent World Grand Prix 2-4 defeat to Gould upset 1 round, the performance of the New Year debut is worth looking forward to. Zhao Xintong's Champions League was full of fire as soon as it came up, playing 2 strokes 50 + total score 3-0 sweeping Selby in the first round, and then blasting out a single shot 73 points 3-1 in the second round to cut down another world champion Bingham, the third round of derby China after 90 played 5 rounds 3-2 narrowly defeated Xiao Guodong, 3 wins are all one shot wins, and currently ranks first in the group with all 3 wins.
Xiao Guodong's performance was also commendable, almost out of the 2nd group of the second place runner-up of the 2nd tournament to fight all three games to the decider, he won 3-2 with the same score against Bingham and Joe Perry, 2-3 defeat to Zhao Xintong, 2 wins and 1 loss temporarily ranked second in the group. Finalist Ronin, who reached the final in Group 2, moved to Group 3 to continue his efforts, firing 4 50+ in the first two games, beating Ryan Day 3-0, 3-2 Likjo Perry, and losing 1-3 to Selby in game 3.
After the end of the single day of competition, Zhao Xintong led the 3rd group with 3 wins and 0 losses, Xiao Guodong ranked 2nd with 2 wins and 1 loss, and Lu Ning was 2 wins and 2 losses behind Selby in 4th place. According to the format, the top 4 in the group stage will advance to the top 4 and fight against each other to give birth to the champion. Looking forward to Zhao Xintong, Xiao Guodong and Lu Ning meeting in the semi-finals to impact the 2022 first crown, showing the new atmosphere of the Chinese snooker New Year, and cheering.