The 2021-2022 snooker Champions League Group 7 competition ended, four-time World Championship winner Higgins stood out from the group, he defeated O'Sullivan, defending champion Karen Wilson, China's Ding Junhui after winning the group championship, thus obtaining the last to participate in the snooker Champions League Winner Group, so that the seven players who participated in the winning group were all released, they were Liang Wenbo, who won the first group championship, and Dort, who won the second group championship. Zhao Xintong, the third group champion, Donaldson, the fourth group champion, Bingham, the fifth group champion, Yan Bingtao, the sixth group champion, and higgins, the seventh group champion. The winner of the Snooker Champions League, the final finals, will be held on February 3 and 4, and the schedule of the competition will be exactly the same as that of the group stage.
China has three players competing in the snooker Champions League finals, among which the most talked about are Zhao Xintong, who has just won the German Masters, and Yan Bingtao, who won the runner-up, and the two will join forces to attack the championship. Zhao Xintong has been in good shape recently, especially his offensive firepower is fierce, if he can continue the state of the German Masters, Zhao Xintong is expected to impact the third ranking championship, the first match day Zhao Xintong will clash with the strongest three opponents in this competition, Zhao Xintong's first battle against "Wizard" Higgins, the two have recently clashed a lot, the two sides have won and lost, Zhao Xintong should have a certain degree of self-confidence psychologically. The second game Zhao Xintong will play with the world champion Bingham, Bingham is in a stable state, he rarely has big ups and downs, Zhao Xintong must have enough patience, the third game Zhao Xintong will stage a "Chinese derby" with Yan Bingtao, the two just met in the final of the German Masters, Yan Bingtao lost nine consecutive sets of 0:9, and this game is particularly eye-catching.
Recently, Yan Bingtao's state is also good, although he suffered a fiasco in the final of the German Masters, but before this, his state was still quite good, in the short format, the probability of Yan Bingtao, who has a steady playing style, will create good results is very large. On the first match day, in addition to playing the "China Derby" with Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao also staged another "China Derby" with Liang Wenbo, and Yan Bingtao's first match opponent was world champion Bingham. Liang Wenbo's opponents on the first day of the game are relatively weak, in addition to the match with Yan Bingtao, Liang Wenbo will play against Donaldson and Dortmund, and the victory or defeat of these two games will directly determine whether Liang Wenbo can stand out from the group stage. Due to the new crown pneumonia, Liang Wenbo missed the German Masters last week, which still has a certain impact on his state, in the ultra-short format, Liang Wenbo does not have much time to slowly find the feel, he needs to adjust to the state as soon as possible.
Objectively speaking, the world ranking of the players participating in the snooker league finals is generally not high, the highest ranking Higgins ranks sixth, which is a great opportunity for three Chinese players to get good results, as long as the normal play, there will be Chinese players to reach the top four, the strongest opponent of Chinese players should be the world champions Higgins and Bingham, although the two are not young, but the state has been maintained very well, especially the "wizard" Higgins, whether it is a short game or a long game, Higgins play is very stable, he achieved a record of 7 wins and 1 loss in the seventh group competition, he is expected to continue to have a good feel in the winner group competition, Chinese players want to impact the championship of this competition must pass higgins, it is worth mentioning that the snooker Champions League winner group game is also a ranking tournament, although the level and the regular ranking game are not the same, but it is after all an influential format, look forward to the three Chinese players have a better play.
Snooker Champions League Winners' Schedule on 3 February
19:00 Higgins vs Graeme Dort
19:00 Bingham vs Yan Bingtao
20:00 Higgins vs Zhao Xintong
20:00 Liang Wenbo vs Donaldson
21:00 Zhao Xintong vs Bingham
21:00 Graeme Dort vs Donaldson
Feb 04
00:30 Higgins vs Bingham
00:30 Yan Bingtao vs Liang Wenbo
01:30 Bingham vs Graeme Dort
01:30 Zhao Xintong vs Yan Bingtao
02:30 Graeme Dort vs Liang Wenbo
02:30 Higgins vs Donaldson