On February 3, 2022, the winners of the Snooker Champions League began, seven players competed for the championship, the performance of Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao and Liang Wenbo was expected by Chinese fans, the first round of the round robin was 1 win and 2 losses, Zhao Xintong lost to Higgins, Yan Bingtao lost to Bingham, only Liang Wenbo won a big victory, winning three consecutive sets of clean sheet Scott. Donaldson, Zhao Xintong's competitive state, there was a significant decline.
The Champions League winners' group is fiercely competitive, all of them have won the championship in the previous group, and the top sixteen players are Higgins, Zhao Xintong, Bingham, Yan Bingtao, Liang Wenbo, Graeme. Dot, Scott. Donaldson has won the championship, 7 players in six rounds of 5 rounds and 3 wins round robin, to determine the final four seats, the short-term system is very accidental, the key to victory or defeat is still to see the on-the-spot play.
Zhao Xintong has performed strongly in the recent past, winning the British Championship and the German Masters championship in a row, the Champions League is the only player to advance to eight consecutive victories, the first round of the group stage against Higgins, the two recently won one, in the British Championship Zhao Xintong reversed Higgins promotion, Masters Higgins sent Zhao Xintong out of the first round, the world ranking is also relatively close, Higgins 6th, Zhao Xintong 8th.
In the first set, Zhao Xintong attacked the long platform and did not score, Higgins repeatedly started 79-0 to take the lead, and in the second set Higgins took advantage of the chase, playing a single 60 points 80-0 to win another round, Zhao Xintong did not score in two consecutive sets, and in the third set Zhao Xintong played a single 79 points to return to color, but then he made a major mistake, Higgins played a single 67 points to end the game, and finally defeated Zhao Xintong 3-1.
Yan Bingtao still has a lot of problems, in the face of the mobile phone will be difficult to achieve a single shot to win, can only interrupt the attack into the defense, Yan Bingtao played a single shot 69 points, to achieve a 2-1 lead, Bingham blasted a single shot 108 points, 84 points to win two consecutive games, and finally won 3-2.
The only Chinese player to win the game is the post-80s star Liang Wenbo, since winning the English Open championship, he has also been out of shape, until this year began to pick up, the Champions League advanced to the winners' group, single time limit to reach the final four, the first round against the post-90s star Scott. Donaldson, who once defeated Trump in the final and won the championship in this event, the overall strength should not be underestimated.
After the game started, Scott. Donaldson took the lead, playing a single 42 points to interrupt the attack, Liang Wenbo seized the opportunity, played a single 83 points to take the lead, in the second set Liang Wenbo was accurate online, multiple times into the long platform, won another set at 85-37, liang Wenbo played a single 66 points to lock the victory, and finally swept Scott 3-0. Donaldson, the next opponent is getting stronger and stronger, so stay tuned.