In the fourth final of the Chinese Billiards Elite Tour, Zhao Ruliang defeated Yang Shaojie 17-8 to win the championship.
The road to promotion for both of them can be described as hardcore, Zhao Ruliang has eliminated Dai Yong, Zhang Kunpeng and Li Hewen, and Yang Shaojie has cut down Zheng Yubo and Chu Bingjie in succession in the quarterfinals and semifinals. Zhao Ruliang won the first leg of the 2020 Elite Tour, and Yang Shaojie won the second place in the fourth leg of 2020.
Coming to the final, after the opening mutual temptation, Zhao Ruliang became the first party to lead, and Yang Shaojie struggled to catch up. In the 12th set, Yang Shaojie made a mistake in a good situation and missed the excellent opportunity to equalize the score, Zhao Ruliang won the set with a bang, and then successfully cleared the stage in the 13th set, and continued to occupy the initiative 8-5. Yang Shaojie, who could not attack for a long time, had large ups and downs and could not score consecutively, while Zhao Ruliang played steadily and steadily, leading 10-6 before halftime.
After halftime, the situation did not change much, and Zhao Ruliang was more stable on the defensive end and made fewer offensive mistakes. In the 21st set, Zhao Ruliang played a wonderful sticker, forcing Yang Shaojie to solve the mistake, and the point difference expanded to five innings. In the 22nd set, Zhao Ruliang found another opportunity in a series of entanglements and led 14-8. At this time, the suspense of the game was gone, and Zhao Ruliang won three consecutive sets to end the game and win the championship 17-8.
At this point, the four races of the 2021 Elite Tour have all ended. Zhao Ruliang, Lei Yiwei, Zheng Yubo, Wu Jiaqing, Shi Hanqing, Yang Fan, Yang Shaojie and Liu Haitao ranked in the top eight of the total points and directly advanced to the finals after the Spring Festival.
Chu Bingjie, Dai Yong, Zhang Kunpeng and others began to participate in the finals qualifiers on January 10, which lasted for three days, and 48 players competed for 24 tickets to the finals through double defeat. The specific fixtures are as follows:
The list of qualifiers and the players' first-round appearances are out (random draw before the match):
Kuaishou "Star Club" will broadcast some of the final qualifiers live, so stay tuned!