In the early morning of January 5, the group final of the snooker Champions League Group 3, Zhao Xintong and Xiao Guodong staged a Chinese derby, the two sides played five full sets, Zhao Xintong won the decider to catch Xiao Guodong's mistake to win, And Zhao Xintong won 3-2. Zhao Xintong became the third player to advance to the championship group after Liang Wenbo and Graeme Dort.
In the first set, Zhao Xintong attacked and did not score, good luck, the mother ball was pasted to the red ball, Xiao Guodong defended, Zhao Xintong directly flipped the bag to get started, and won the first set with a single shot of 90 points. In the second set, Xiao Guodong got 40 points several times, Zhao Xintong scored 40 points, Xiao Guodong did the ball, Zhao Xintong solved but left the opportunity, Xiao Guodong single shot 7 points, and finally Xiao Guodong's mother ball ate the bag corner to leave the opportunity, Zhao Xintong single shot 20 points to win the second set 60-47. Zhao Xintong led 2-0.
In the third set, Xiao Guodong scored 95 points to recover a set. In the fourth set, Xiao Guodong scored 96 points. Xiao Guodong tied 2-2 and entered the decider. In the decider, Xiao Guodong scored a red ball, the blue ball did not score to leave a chance, and Zhao Xintong scored 66 points to win the game.
In the group round robin, Zhao Xintong swept Selby, then won consecutive wins over Bingham and Xiao Guodong, swept Joe Perry 3-0, swept Ryan Day 3-0, and defeated Lu Ning 3-1 to win six consecutive group stages. In the semi-finals of the group, Zhao Xintong won 3-1 against Bingham. In the group final, Zhao Xintong defeated Xiao Guodong and won 8 consecutive wins.
Xiao Guodong entered the 4th group and started from scratch. The other six players in this group are Trump, Selby, Karen Wilson, Bingham, Scott Donaldson and Ronin. It can be described as a gathering of strong hands, and will usher in a number of heavyweight strong duels.