On January 19, 2022, Beijing time, the snooker Champions League ended the sixth group competition, China's Yan Bingtao won the first place in the group round robin, the group semi-final swept the world's fifth-ranked Karen Wilson 3-0, and the group final beat Martin Gould 3-1, successfully promoted to the winner group, and met Zhao Xintong and Liang Wenbo. Although Ding Junhui lost to Martin Gould in the semi-finals of the group, he can continue to play in the seventh group.
On the second match day, Yan Bingtao continued his good competitive form, facing Karen Wilson, Yan Bingtao played a single shot of 110 points, 114 points, 75 points, and swept the opponent 3-0. Facing Martin Gould afterwards, Yan Bingtao scored a single shot of 77 and 138 points to win easily 3-0. In this way, Yan Bingtao ranked first in the group with a record of 5 wins and 1 loss.
Ding Junhui first lost 3-0 to Karen Wilson, then faced Ali Carter, Ding Junhui played a single shot of 105 points and 58 points, a 3-1 victory. Facing Jordan Brown in the final round of the round robin, Ding Junhui shot a single 66 and 83 points after falling behind 1-2 to win 3-2. In this way, Ding Junhui ranked third in the group with a score of 4 wins and 2 losses.
Martin Gould also won 4-2, but won more, pushing Ding Junhui to finish second in the group. Karen Wilson finished fourth in the group with a record of 3 wins and 3 losses. In the semi-finals of the group, Yan Bingtao played Karen Wilson again, he played a single 55 points and 83 points, again won 3-0, twice again against the world's fifth-ranked Karen Wilson, Yan Bingtao swept the opponent, the performance is indeed very stable.
Ding Junhui and Martin Gould played five full innings, Ding Junhui opened the game and scored a single shot of 134 points, but then the hand was not good, Martin Gould seized the opportunity in the decider, ending Ding Junhui's forward pace. In the end, Yan Bingtao and Martin Gould competed for a place in the winner's group. In the final of the group, Yan Bingtao was in excellent offensive form, playing 94 points, 65 points and 63 points in a row, and the opponent scored a single shot of 63 points in the second set, but Yan Bingtao won with a single shot of 65 points, and finally beat the opponent 3-1 and advanced to the winner group.
So far, the players who have advanced to the winner group are Liang Wenbo, Graeme Dort, Zhao Xintong, Stuart Bingham, Scott Donaldson, Yan Bingtao, and the three Chinese players have advanced to the winner group, which is really surprising. There is only one place left in the winner group, which will be produced in the seventh group, Martin Gould, Ding Junhui, Karen Wilson, Ali Carter can continue to compete in the seventh group, O'Sullivan, Higgins, Neil Robertson will also join the game, the seventh group is bound to be very competitive, I hope Ding Junhui let go and get back to the best form as soon as possible!