China's youngster Lian Ke is a famous player, and he has won 3 consecutive victories and temporarily ranked first in the group! Zhao Xintong is expected to advance strongly. The snooker Champions League group stage continued, in the third group competition, a total of 3 Chinese players played, achieved a record of 7 wins and 2 losses, of which the young player Zhao Xintong occupied the first place in the group with 3 consecutive wins, Xiao Guodong and Lu Ning both won 2 wins and 1 loss, and then Zhao Xintong would advance to the group semifinals as long as he won one more victory, but only one Chinese player in this group could qualify for the winners' group.
In the first two groups, China's Liang Wenbo and World Champion Graeme Dort successively became the first in the group and advanced to the winner group, while Zhou Yuelong's performance was not good, and the bottom of the ranking group was eliminated, and Lu Ning and Xiao Guodong entered the third group, competing with Selby, Zhao Xintong, Bingham and other players for qualification. The third group has a total of 7 players, and it is necessary to pass six rounds of 5-innings and 3-win round robins to compete for the group four, and then fight each other, and finally only one player can advance to the winner's group. Xinke Ying Championship champion Zhao Xintong played against World Champion Selby in the first round, although the difference in strength between the two seemed to be very large, but after the game began, Zhao Xintong did not give Selby any chance, first played a single 63 points, to win the first set 72-42. In the second set, Selby made a mistake, and Zhao Xintong seized the opportunity to complete the clearance and win another set 68-65. In the third set, Zhao Xintong scored a single shot of 54 points to seal the win, thus sweeping Selby 3-0 on aggregate and winning the opening.
In the second round, Zhao Xintong welcomed another past champion Bingham, and in the first set, Zhao Xintong won the first set 71-24 through multiple starts. In the second set, Bingham scored a single 100 points to win the first set. In the third set, Zhao Xintong once again occupied the initiative on the field and won another set 89-1. In the fourth set, Zhao Xintong scored a single shot of 73 points to lock in the victory 74-28, thus winning 3-1 on aggregate. In the third round, Zhao Xintong and Xiao Guodong staged a derby, and in the first set, Xiao Guodong scored a single shot of 54 points to win the first set. In the second set, Zhao Xintong scored a single shot of 61 points and returned to color. In the third set, Zhao Xintong scored a single shot of 90 points, and the total score was 2-1. In the fourth set, Zhao Xintong scored 49 consecutive points and then turned to the defense, Xiao Guodong seized the opportunity to score a single 69 points, and the two were tied on aggregate. In the decider, Zhao Xintong scored a single shot of 88 points to end the game 92-26, thus beating Xiao Guodong 3-2 on aggregate.
At present, Zhao Xintong occupies the first place in the group with 3 consecutive wins, and although Xiao Guodong lost to Zhao Xintong, he defeated Joe Perry 3-2 and narrowly defeated Bingham 3-2, temporarily ranking second in the group. Ronin swept Sweden Day 3-0, Beat Joe Perry 3-2, and lost 1-3 to Selby, so that Selby ranked third in the group, Ronin ranked fourth in the group, and the three Chinese players performed very well, and who can qualify for the winner group let's wait and see.