On January 8, 2022, the fifth group of the Snooker Champions League ended the first matchday of the competition, and China's Lu Ning suffered three consecutive defeats, the same as the previous group, losing to Gilbert, Jordan. Brown, Captain Carter, he's at the bottom of the list at the moment, but then there's a chance, Scott. Donaldson played one more round, 3 wins and 1 loss temporarily ranked first, upset the world's fifth Karen. Wilson.
The overall lineup of the fifth group was not as good as the previous group, and the first sixteen players were only Karen. Wilson alone, world number one Selby quit, Jordan. Brown was shortlisted as a substitute, having beaten O'Sullivan at last year's Welsh Open to win his first ranking title of his career, Scott Scott. Donaldson has won three straight wins over Ding Junhui and streaks over Trump and Graeme. Dort won the event.
Gilbert, Captain Carter, Martin. Gould, also are famous players, of which Carter's achievement is the highest, twice won the world championship runner-up, only China's Lu Ning did not reach the final, but this Champions League, he is the person who appeared the most times, from the second group to the fifth group, two consecutive group matches, Ronin is on the first day to lose three consecutive games, can only be at the bottom.
In the first game against Gilbert, Roonen won the fight 57-26, then Gilbert played a single 90, 78 and 53 points to win three consecutive sets, Ronin lost 1-3 to Gilbert, and the second game against Jordan. Brown, the two sides made mistakes and gave each other a big gift, both sides won two sets each to tie, and the decider Jordan. Brown blasted a single shot of 101 points to end the game, and Ronin lost 2-3 to Jordan. Brown.
Next against Captain Carter, Ronin played a single shot 51 points to interrupt the attack, then Carter won the fight 88-51, in the second set Ronin played a single 53 points 65-18 equalizer, Carter played a single 70 points, 50 points to win two consecutive sets, Ronin lost 1-3 to Carter, in the fifth group only Ronin did not get the first win, the results of the last three rounds of group games are too important, he still has to work harder to win.
Scott. One more win by Donaldson, he could lock up a spot in the final four in advance, and he played one more round to win 3-1 in total, scoring a single 74 points, 56 points, 3-0 victory over Martin. Gould, who scored a 62-pointer and 54 points to upset Karen 3-0. Wilson, who beat Gilbert 3-1 with 132 points and 74 points, scored a 92-pointer and 64 points to beat Jordan 2-3. Brown, the latter broke a hundred in the decider.
After the end of the fifth group competition, the remaining two groups will not play for the time being, the Masters will soon kick off, the defending champion Yan Bingtao will start the opening battle, and Zhao Xintong will wait until the back, let us look forward to the performance of the Chinese players, and hope that they will achieve good results.