On January 8, 2022, the competition in the fifth group of the snooker Champions League continued, after the Chinese player Lu Ning suffered three consecutive defeats, can he ensure the top five, join the next group to continue the game, become the focus of fan attention, tomorrow the Masters will kick off, former tournament champion McManus was interviewed by the World Taiwan Federation, predicting the outcome of the first round, supporting Zhao Xintong, not optimistic about the defending champion Yan Bingtao.
McManus has achieved many results in his career, the world ranking has reached the sixth place, won the Masters championship, Chinese fans are still familiar with him, just in the 2016 World Championships, Ding Junhui is to defeat McManus to advance to the final, after retiring McManus is now serving as a snooker commentator and commentator, continue to engage in related work, and get the support of the World Taiwan Federation.
This year's Masters McManus as the commentator, he predicted the results of the first round, paying attention to the performance of the two Chinese players, thinking that the defending champion will be Yan Bingtao's round trip, Zhao Xintong can once again defeat Higgins to advance, the reason is that the defending champion pressure is greater, it is difficult to ensure stable play, but Zhao Xintong has recently performed strongly, and in the Champions League, he has won eight consecutive promotion winners.
Just last year's Masters, Yan Bingtao made a major breakthrough and became the first post-00s three-time champion, but this year he defended his title with extreme difficulty, and that kind of pressure is unimaginable to ordinary people. Williams is a big competition player, the technology is more comprehensive than Yan Bingtao, this is a game worth looking forward to, more optimistic mark. Williams eliminated defending champion Yan Bingtao.
Speaking of Zhao Xintong, McManus believes that he has more opportunities, because from the performance of the Champions League, he is fully equipped to win the game, after winning the British Championship championship, Zhao Xintong is also achieving transformation, playing better and better, confidence has been significantly improved, the first round against such players, Higgins wants to qualify for a very difficult time, but also look forward to Zhao Xintong's debut in the Masters.
In the other six games in the first round, McManus also made predictions, namely O'Sullivan's elimination of Lisowski and Sean. Murphy beat Hawkins, Maguire beat Selby, and Trump took Mark lightly. Alan, Karen. Wilson Rick Bingham, Robertson beat McGill, world number one Selby is likely to be out of the first round, he has been in poor form recently, resulting in many people not optimistic.
Of course, the 16 participants of the Masters do not have simple roles, they all have the strength to win the championship, and the victory or defeat depends on the on-the-spot play, so McManus's pre-game prediction must be different from the actual situation, and he can guess how much he can guess, let's wait and see.