On February 3, 2022, Beijing time, two snooker events were held at the same time, the first was the Champions League to compete for the winner group, China's three aces Liang Wenbo, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao attacked the championship, and the three of them surrounded Higgins, which was expected. Judging from the schedule, there was a derby between Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong on the first match day. This was followed by the Snooker Turkish Masters Qualifiers, with no Chinese players on the second matchday, and Anthony McGill and David Gilbert were among the few highlights.
The invitational version of the Champions League came to an end, and in the seventh group match, Ding Junhui reached the group final, but unfortunately lost 2-3 to Higgins, missing the winner's group. After the game, Higgins said he was lucky that Ding Junhui should have advanced, but he lost a few simple goals. Higgins believes that Ding Junhui's state has rebounded, but the accuracy is still relatively lacking, if the accuracy can be improved, Ding Junhui is expected to return to the peak state.
Ding Junhui ultimately failed to be in the winners' bracket, but the Chinese players performed quite well in this tournament, with Liang Wenbo, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao all in the winners' bracket, and the three will attack the champions, including Higgins, Stewart Bingham, Graeme Dort and Scott Donaldson. Apparently, Higgins is the favourite to win the championship, and the three Chinese players are trying to surround Higgins and save hope for the end.
The winners' group is exactly the same as the previous seven groups and is divided into two matchdays. On the first matchday, Liang Wenbo played scott Donaldson, Yan Bingtao and Graeme Dort, and Zhao Xintong played against Higgins, Stuart Bingham and Yan Bingtao. Yan Bingtao played against Stuart Bingham, Liang Wenbo and Zhao Xintong. There were two Chinese derbies on the first matchday, and Yan Bingtao was under great pressure.
In the previous Final of the German Masters, Yan Bingtao lost to Zhao Xintong 0-9, and in a short period of time, the two played each other again to see if Yan Bingtao adjusted his state. In addition to winning the championship, Higgins also played against Graeme Dort, Stewart Bingham, Scott Donaldson, playing four games in a row on the first matchday, the pressure is indeed relatively large, after all, as a veteran, his physical strength and energy are not as good as before, which is also a good opportunity for Chinese players to compete for the championship. Of course, we can't ignore Bingham, Dort and Donaldson, all of whom are seasoned players with great strength.
In addition, the snooker Turkish Masters entered the second day of the qualification round, because there were no Chinese players to appear, this match day did not have much to see, among the seeded players, only Anthony McGill appeared, his opponent was Jamie Clarke, David Gilbert against Andy Hicks is also a strong dialogue, I hope that all the players will play at the best level and dedicate the most wonderful game!