On February 3, 2022, Beijing time, the snooker Champions League began to compete for the winner's group, the opening match, Higgins won 3 consecutive sets after falling behind 0-2, and defeated Graeme Dort 3-2. Yan Bingtao was in average condition, losing 2-3 to world champion Stuart Bingham, which can be said to have a bad start.
In this Champions League, Chinese players played well, and Liang Wenbo, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao joined hands to advance to the winners' group, and they will attack the champions. The other players in the winner group are Higgins, Bingham, Graeme Dort and Scott Donaldson, it should be said that the winner group has a luxurious lineup, the competition is certainly very fierce, Higgins is obviously the favorite to win the championship, and the recent fierce Zhao Xintong is also optimistic about the outside world.
On the first matchday, Higgins opened against Graeme Dort. Higgins started slowly, conceding two straight sets 41-61, 0-89, and Graeme Dort took a 2-0 lead with 83 points. However, Higgins, after all, is strong and experienced, and he adjusted in time to seize the opportunity left by his opponent and play a single 58 point in the fourth set to drag the game into the decider.
In the final moments, Higgins was superior, winning 63-0, and Higgins, who won three consecutive sets, completed a big reversal and won the opening red. Higgins and Graeme Dort are both world champions, but in terms of personal strength and achievements, Graeme Dort is obviously not comparable to Higgins, and Graeme Dort's ability to advance to the winner's group has a lot to do with the format, after all, there are great variables in short-term games.
In another match played in the same time period, Yan Bingtao was in average condition, playing a single 69 points in the third set, at one point leading 2-1, but then performed poorly, Bingham played a single 108 points, dragging the game into the decider. At the critical moment, Yan Bingtao made too many mistakes, and Bingham seized the opportunity to win the decider 53-39, with a total score of 3-2 to kill Yan Bingtao. It can be said that Yan Bingtao is unfavorable, the next two games are Chinese derby battles, successively against Liang Wenbo and Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao needs to let go.
In addition, Liang Wenbo showed a good competitive state, facing Scott Donaldson, Liang Wenbo quickly decided to sweep the old enemy Scott Donaldson 3-0 to get a start!