The third group of the 2021-2022 snooker championship was fiercely contested, and the three Chinese players who participated in the third group competition performed quite well on the first day of the competition, only Lu Ning lost to the world's no. 1 Selby in the "foreign war" competition, and in the other "foreign wars", the Chinese players won. The most eye-catching performance was the new Keying Championship champion Zhao Xintong, who first swept the world's no. 1 Selby in three straight sets in the opening game, then defeated world champion Bingham 3:1 in the second game, and in the third game, Zhao Xintong narrowly defeated teammate Xiao Guodong 3:2 in the "derby battle", winning all three games on the first day of the game, temporarily ranking first in the standings. Xiao Guodong also performed brilliantly, the first game Xiao Guodong reversed the world champion Bingham 3:2, the second game 3:2 narrowly defeated the veteran Joe Perry, the third game 2:3 defeat zhao Xintong, currently ranked second. Rouning also did well, beating Joe Perry 3-2 in the first game, then sweeping Ryan Day 3-0 in the second game, losing 1:3 to world number one Selby in the third game, and after the first day of the game, Ronin was fourth after Selby.
Seven players played in the third group of the Snooker Champions League, including three Players from China, namely Zhao Xintong, Xiao Guodong and Lu Ning, while the other four players were world Number One Selby, World Champion Bingham, famous Player Joe Perry and Ryan Day. Not long ago won the British Championship Zhao Xintong and the world's number one Selby opened the opener, the first set of the game Zhao Xintong is in good shape, the two sides fell into anxiety when Zhao Xintong played a single shot 63 points and then 72:42 to take the lead in the next city, the second set of the game Selby took the lead in launching a continuous attack, Zhao Xintong seized the few opportunities to blast out a single shot 58 points after reversing the victory and then the next city, the third game Zhao Xintong repeatedly started to clean the opponent, the total score of 3:0 upset to defeat the world's first Selby. In the second game, Zhao Xintong faced the world champion Bingham, the first game Zhao Xintong won a set after a steady and steady game, and in the second game, Bingham exploded a single shot to break the hundred and equalized, and then in the next two sets, Zhao Xintong firmly occupied the initiative to win two more sets, and the total score was 3:1 to win the opponent. In the third game, Zhao Xintong and Xiao Guodong fought fiercely, the first four sets of the two sides were divided equally, and zhao Xintong scored a single shot of 88 points in the decider game to win, defeating Xiao Guodong 3:2 on the aggregate, ranking first in the first day of the game.
Xiao Guodong's performance on the first day was also quite outstanding, the first game Xiao Guodong faced the world champion Bingham, xiao Guodong did not play a single high score in the first set, but with multiple hands-on points, he finally won the first set 78:8. In the second set, Bingham scored a single 55 points to win back a city, and in the third set, world champion Bingham continued to win 98:12, winning another set, and the big score was 2:1. Xiao Guodong, who was behind, played well in the fourth set, playing a single 68 points and then equalizing the score, the tiebreaker match, both sides played very fiercely, neither of them played a single high score, Xiao Guodong finally performed better to win the round, the total score was 3:2 difficult to win. In the second game, Xiao Guodong faced Joe Perry, the veteran Joe Perry in the first game successively scored a single 54 points and 71 points to win, in the second game Xiao Guodong played a single 67 points to equalize, in the third game Xiao Guodong blasted a single shot 93 points and then won another game, in the fourth game Joe Perry stubbornly chased the score, the decider Xiao Guodong shot a single shot 111 points to win, the total score was 3:2 to beat Joe Perry, in the third game Xiao Guodong lost to Zhao Xintong, currently two wins and one loss in the second place.
Ronin's first game opponent is veteran Joe Perry, in the first set Of The First Round, Ronin blasted a single 74 points and then went down to the next city, in the second set Joe Perry won a set after a steady and steady shot, and in the third game Joe Perry scored a single 79 points and then won another set, the big score was 1:2 behind Ronin, although he did not play a single high score in the next two sets, but won two consecutive sets with a more stable play, and the total score was 3:2 to defeat Joe Perry. In the second game, Ronin faced Ryan Dai, and as a result, Ronin was full of firepower, and he played a single shot of 50, 55 and 81 points to win three consecutive sets, and swept Ryan Dai 3-0 on aggregate. In the third game, Ronin faced the world number one Selby, Ronin lost two consecutive sets of 0:2 behind, in the third game Ronin scored a single 58 points to win back a city, and in the fourth game Selby won in a chaotic game, winning the total score of 3:1 against Lunin. After the first day of matches, Zhao Xintong, Xiao Guodong, Selby, Lu Ning, Bingham, Joe Perry and Ryan Dai finished first to seventh respectively, and the Champions League will continue tonight tomorrow morning, looking forward to the wonderful performance of Chinese players.