In the early morning of January 5, Beijing time, the third group of the snooker Champions League, in the final competition, Zhao Xintong won the championship with the General Bureau to beat Xiao Guodong 3-2. So far, this year's snooker Champions League championship group has identified 3 people: China Snooker exclusive 2 seats!
Previously, in the first group competition, Liang Wenbo won the championship. Now, in the third group, Zhao Xintong won the championship. Counting the second group winner, Graeme Dort, the championship group has been identified with 3 people.
In fact, the third group of famous players is gathered, and the current world number one Selby and the 2015 world champion Bingham are among them. In the group round robin stage, after 6 rounds of matches, Zhao Xintong advanced to the semi-finals with a record of 6 wins. Selby is second, Xiao Guodong is third, Bingham is fourth, and Ronin, Ryan Day and Joe Perry are missing out.
In the semi-finals, Zhao Xintong won 3-1 against world champion Bingham in the general bureau (the same score was also scored in the group stage), and Xiao Guodong was 3-1 revenge on the world's first Selby (in the final round of the group stage, Xiao Guodong was swept by Selby 0-3).
In the final, Zhao Xintong and Xiao Guodong staged a chinese derby with ups and downs! With a single shot of 90 points to win the first set and another second set 60-47, Zhao Xintong won a fantastic 2-0 lead in the General Bureau, and in the final of the 5-game 3-win system, Zhao Xintong had already taken full match points. Xiao Guodong counterattacked, scoring 95 points and 96 points per shot, and kept a clean sheet in the third and fourth sets, stubbornly dragging the final into the decider.
In the tiebreaker, Zhao Xintong seized the opportunity to win with a single shot of 66 points, and the General Bureau killed Xiao Guodong 3-2, won the group championship, entered the championship group, and hoped to compete for the final championship.