On February 4, Beijing time, the 21/22 snooker Champions League championship group, Zhao Xintong lost 1-3 to Dortmund, and in the case of a 1-0 lead, Zhao Xintong was reversed. In this battle, Zhao Xintong made many mistakes, and he laughed himself. In the first 5 games, Zhao Xintong lost 3 games, only beating Yan Bingtao and Liang Wenbo.
In the previous 4 rounds of the game, Zhao Xintong went low and high, originally suffered 2 consecutive defeats, but then won 2 consecutive wins, defeating China's Yan Bingtao and Liang Wenbo successively.
Today, Zhao Xintong's opponent is former world champion Dort, who is 44 years old, has won the world championship and was also the world's No. 1.
In the first set, Zhao Xintong won 65-63 first.
In the second set, Zhao Xintong's situation was good, but he made a mistake, and Dort single-shot 62 points to win back a city.
In the third game, it was also Zhao Xintong's own mistake, and he buried the good game again.
Before the start of the fourth inning, Zhao Xintong bowed his head on the sidelines, very frustrated. He attacked from the start, but did not succeed, leaving Dort with a chance. Dort scored 27 points and was interrupted, but Zhao Xintong made a defensive mistake, and Dort's offense was equally outrageous. After that, the two sides engaged in a mistake war, Zhao Xintong finally made a mistake to bury a good situation, 36-60 behind, after that, Zhao Xintong still had a weak chance, but Dort still won, 3-1 to win! At the first time, Zhao Xintong quickly got up, shook hands with Dort, and expressed congratulations!
This loss, really can only blame Zhao Xintong himself.
For Zhao Xintong, the current situation is very dangerous, in the first 5 games, Zhao Xintong won 2 wins and 3 losses, not in the top 4. Of course, Zhao Xintong still has a game, the opponent is Donaldson, even if he wins, Zhao Xintong cannot guarantee that he can advance.
As for Yan Bingtao, he won 3 of the first 5 games and had great hopes of advancing to the top 4. As of now, Bingham is 1st, Yan Bingtao is 2nd, Higgins is 3rd, Dort is 4th, Liang Wenbo is 5th, Zhao Xintong is 6th, and Donaldson is out.
It is worth mentioning that Bingham has played all his first 6 games, 5 wins and 1 loss, and has advanced to the top 4.