On January 7, 2022, Beijing time, the snooker Champions League ended the fourth group competition, Selby swept Trump 3-0 to win the second place in the group, but he lost to Bingham in the semi-finals and missed the group final. Karen Wilson finished first in the group and swept Scott Donaldson 3-0 in the semi-finals to win seven straight, but unfortunately he lost to Bingham in the final and did not qualify for the winners' group with a win-win record.
The fourth group has three world champions, namely Trump, Selby, Bingham, and the direct dialogue between Trump and Selby is the most interesting. However, Trump was in a slump and did not play at his normal level, facing Selby, who only scored 19 points in the second set, and the first and third sets were all clean sheets by Selby. In the end, Selby swept Trump 3-0.
In the round robin, Selby finished second with a record of 5 wins and 1 loss, while Trump was sixth with a record of 2 wins and 4 losses, and was directly eliminated. The first winner of the round robin tournament was Karen Wilson, who reached the single-elimination round with a record of six wins.
In the semi-finals, Selby lost two consecutive sets with a 2-1 lead, losing 2-3 to Bingham and missing the group final. In another semi-final, Karen Wilson swept Scott Donaldson 3-0, so far, Karen Wilson has won seven consecutive games, and he has the hope of competing with Zhao Xintong and advancing to the winners' group with a total victory record. However, Karen Wilson lost the group final and lost everything.
Facing Stewart Bingham, Karen Wilson shot a two-shot 50+ with a 2-0 trail to drag the game into the decider. Unfortunately, Karen Wilson made a mistake in the decider, and Bingham seized the opportunity to shoot a single 94 points to beat Karen Wilson 3-2 to win the fourth winner's spot.
It's a shame that Karen Wilson was eliminated after 7 consecutive wins, but that's the charm of the short-term system, and the variables are really big. Because there is a single-elimination round-robin after the round robin, even the fourth place in the round robin has the opportunity to be in the winner group, like Zhao Xintong's record of 8 total victories to advance to the winner group, it is indeed not easy, which also shows that Zhao Xintong has maintained a stable competitive state from beginning to end.
After two matchdays of contention, The fourth group was all over, with Stuart Bingham advancing to the winners' group and Karen Wilson, Selby, Scott Donaldson and Roonen continued to play in the fifth group. However, from the official information, Selby should be retired, he is going to concentrate on preparing for the Masters!