In the early morning of January 7, Beijing time, the fourth group final of the snooker Champions League, Karen Wilson lost to Bingham 2-3 by the General Bureau, another group champion was born, and the 2015 World Championship champion Bingham stood out from this group and became the champion of the fourth group, and also entered the championship group, which is expected to compete for the final championship.
This group is very strong, the world's first Selby, the world's second Trump, the world champion Bingham, the world's fifth Karen Wilson, Xiao Guodong, who reached the 3rd group final, AndromEden, who reached the 2nd group final, the only one who looked a little weaker was Scott Donaldson. This lineup can definitely be said to be the group of death. In the group round robin stage, Karen Wilson won 6 consecutive wins, winning every opponent again, the world's first Selby's only group game loss was due to Karen Wilson, the world's second Trump did not even get the right to qualify for the top four of the group, Bingham was qualified as the third in the group, and Selby was second in the group.
In the semifinals, Karen Wilson blasted a single shot of 121 points, winning three consecutive sets, and the general manager swept the big black Horse Scott Donaldson 3-0. Bingham scored a 137-pointer to beat world number one Selby 3-2.
In the group final, world no. 5 Karen Wilson played against 2015 World Champion Bingham.
In the first two sets, Bingham won back-to-back, giving the General Bureau a 2-0 lead and a single 64 inning. In a 5-inning, 3-win short-inning match, it seems that there is no suspense to win the championship. However, Karen Wilson was very tenacious, scoring 71 points in the third set and 50 points in the fourth set, saving 2 consecutive match points and dragging the game into the decider. In the decider, Bingham seized the opportunity to end the battle with a single shot of 94 points, and the General Bureau won the group championship with a 3-2 victory over Karen Wilson.
So far, this year's Snooker Champions League has produced four players who have advanced to the championship group: the first group champion Liang Wenbo, the second group champion Graeme Dort, the third group champion Zhao Xintong, and today's fourth group champion Bingham.
It is worth mentioning that Zhao Xintong still holds the record of winning all 8 games from the group round robin to the semi-finals to the final! Snooker NO.5 Karen Wilson is a pity, the group round robin to the semi-finals to win seven consecutive wins, but fell in the group final, unable to equal Zhao Xintong's record of winning the championship.