The 2021-2022 Snooker Champions League began the sixth group competition, with seven players competing in this group competition being Ding Junhui, Yan Bingtao, Carter, Gould, Karen Wilson, Celt and Jordan Brown. Although Ding Junhui lost to Yan Bingtao in the "derby", he played well in the other two matches, beating Gould and Celte respectively, and temporarily ranked fourth in the group after the first day of the match. And Yan Bingtao's state is bursting, the first day of the game four appearances to achieve three wins and one loss, currently ranked first in the standings, as long as one more game wins will be ironclad to lock the group of four, so that there is a chance to compete for a qualification to participate in the winner group competition. Defending champion and world number five Karen Wilson did not play well on the first day of the game, although defeating world runner-up Carter, but losing to Jordan Brown and Gould, currently only ranked fifth with one win and two losses, the qualifying situation is not optimistic.
Yan Bingtao
China's famous Yan Bingtao was in good shape on the first day of the game, after the first round of the Masters, Yan Bingtao had more time to prepare for the Champions League, and it is obvious that Yan Bingtao was prepared for this competition. In the first game, he played against former world runner-up Carter, Yan Bingtao scored a single shot of 111 points, 94 points, 67 points and then defeated Carter 3:1 to usher in the opening. In the second game, Yan Bingtao played against Ding Junhui, Ding Junhui lost three consecutive sets after the next city, and Yan Bingtao won 3:1. In the third game, Yan Bingtao faced the "Rockets" O'Sullivan sparring Serte, Yan Bingtao continued the fiery feel of the opening, he led the next two cities to 2:0, and then the game Sert unbelievably won three consecutive sets to defeat Yan Bingtao with a 3:2 reversal. In the fourth game, Yan Bingtao's opponent was Jordan Brown, Yan Bingtao was not affected by the loss of the previous game, yan Bingtao scored 128 points in the first game and then went to the next city, in the second game Yan Bingtao single-handed 94 points and then the next city, in the third game Yan Bingtao did not give the opponent another chance, he played a single 77 points and defeated Brown 3:0, and temporarily ranked first in the first day of the game with three wins and one loss.
Ding
Ding Junhui, who has fallen out of the top sixteen in the world rankings, had a big ups and downs on the first day of the game, but in the end, with his rich experience in the game, he finally won two games and finally ranked fourth, and the group qualification situation was still relatively optimistic. In the first game against teammate Yan Bingtao, Ding Junhui lost three consecutive sets after winning the first set, losing to Yan Bingtao for the first time in his career on the international stage, but fortunately he quickly adjusted to his form, and the subsequent game won two consecutive games. In the second game, Ding Junhui's opponent was Serte, and the first four games were drawn equally between the two sides, and Ding Junhui fell behind by a large score in the decider, but he took advantage of his opponent's mistake to score a single 54 points and won the fifth set, defeating Serte 3:2 on aggregate. In the third game, Ding Junhui faced Gould, in the first game Ding Junhui blasted a single shot of 67 points and then went to the next city, in the second game Ding Junhui continued to work hard to win another round, in the third game Ding Junhui missed a good opportunity, single shot 55 points and was reversed by the opponent, the fourth game Gulder won 63:35, the decider Ding Junhui single shot 58 points and won, the total score was 3:2 narrowly won.
Karen Wilson
In other competitions, the defending champion Karen Wilson played poorly, only achieved a record of one win and two losses on the first day of the game, and is currently in fifth place, he has lost to Jordan Brown and Gould 2:3 after five sets, only to win 3:1 in the showdown with world runner-up Carter, retaining a glimmer of hope of advancing to the final four. World runner-up Carter performed decently, although losing to Yan Bingtao and Wilson, but the big score beats Sert and Jordan Brown, and is currently in second place with two wins and two losses. "Glasses Man" Gould performed well, but after losing to Ding Junhui, he defeated Karen Wilson and Serter 3-2 in two consecutive games, and is currently in third place with two wins and one loss. Serter defeated Yan Bingtao, but lost to Carter, Gould and Ding Junhui, currently ranking sixth, while Jordan Brown, although defeating defending champion Wilson, lost to Yan Bingtao and Carter, and is currently at the bottom of the points.