In the fourth leg of the Chinese Billiards Elite Tour, Yang Shaojie defeated Zheng Yubo and Chu Bingjie in the quarterfinals and semi-finals respectively, and will face Zhao Ruliang in the final.
In the quarter-final on the evening of January 7, Yang Shaojie was full of firepower, defeating Zheng Yubo 15-8. In the semifinals, Yang Shaojie drew Chu Bingjie. After the "Double Jie" battle began, both sides played more cautiously, and the score was once stalwarted, and Yang Shaojie had a slight advantage 7-5. The 13th set became a watershed in the whole game, the two played a long mid-set battle, and finally Yang Shaojie won the set, leading the first three sets.
Yang Shaojie, who won this set, was full of momentum and quickly won the next two sets, and the score came to 10-5. Chu Bingjie stopped the bleeding in the 16th set, but Yang Shaojie's momentum did not diminish, winning two more sets and continuing to expand the advantage 12-6. After that, Chu Bingjie felt warm and chased to 9-13. But in the 23rd set, Yang Shaojie broke Chu Bingjie's defense and came to match point 14-9. In desperation, Chu Bingjie cut the 24th set, and then hit two consecutive blows. In the 27th set, Chu Bingjie's attack was interrupted, and Yang Shaojie started to clear the stage and win the game 15-12.
Another semi-final was played between legendary veteran Lee Ha-wen and "post-00" representative Zhao Ruliang. This big war between the old and the new can be described as ups and downs. The first to enter the form was Lee Hewen, who made a 4-1 start forcing Zhao Ruliang to call out a timeout. Zhao Ruliang, who returned from suspension, looked brand new and played the climax of winning six consecutive sets, leading 7-4, 8-5 successively. Next, Lee Hewen returned a wave of five consecutive wins, 10-8.
Just when people were expecting Lee Hae-wen to reach the final, in the next two sets, Lee He-wen made mistakes in the big-bad situation, and Zhao Ruliang resisted the pressure to chase the score to 10 draws. These two sets became the turning point of the game, and at the last moment, Zhao Ruliang made fewer mistakes, and Li Hewen repeatedly missed opportunities, and Zhao Ruliang came to the match point 14-11. In the 26th set, Li Hewen ventured to attack unsuccessfully, and Zhao Ruliang started to clear the stage and advanced 15-11.
At 18:00 on January 9, the fourth final of the Elite Tour was played between Yang Shaojie and Zhao Ruliang. Kuaishou "Star Club" will broadcast the final live to witness the winner of the first Chinese billiards competition in 2022!