On February 5, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker Champions League ended, and in the final, Higgins defeated Bingham 3-2 to finally win the first title of the season. China's Yan Bingtao and Liang Wenbo broke into the final four, Yan Bingtao lost to Higgins 2-3, Liang Wenbo and Bingham had a particularly outrageous scene in the match, Liang Wenbo was directly awarded the first set because he was late, and finally went out 2-3.
In this Champions League, Chinese players performed very well, with Liang Wenbo, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao advancing to the championship group. On the first match day, although the three were in average form, with a record of 1 win and 2 losses, they all retained the hope of advancing to the final four. On the final matchday, Yan Bingtao took the lead, he played three 3-0, defeated Scott Donaldson, Graeme Dort and Higgins, jumping to second place with a record of 4 wins and 2 losses.
Liang Wenbo and Zhao Xintong fell into a bitter battle, in the derby between the two, Zhao Xintong played better, defeated Liang Wenbo 3-1, saw the hope of advancing to the final four, and also put Liang Wenbo in a desperate situation. Liang Wenbo took the lead in completing the round robin, beating Bingham 3-0, but lost 1-3 to Higgins in the final round, with a total of 2 wins and 4 losses, losing the initiative to advance to the final four.
In this case, Zhao Xintong's hope of advancing to the final four is very great, but it is a pity that Zhao Xintong failed to seize the opportunity. After defeating Liang Wenbo, Zhao Xintong lost 1-3 to Graeme Dort and 2-3 to Scott Donaldson, with a total record of 2 wins and 4 losses. In the end, Bingham, Yan Bingtao and Higgins won the top three places in the group, and the competition for the fourth place in the group was quite cruel, because Liang Wenbo, Graeme Dort, Zhao Xintong and Scott Donaldson all had a record of 2 wins and 4 losses.
Compared with the number of wins, Liang Wenbo, Graeme Dort and Zhao Xintong all won 10 innings, while Scott Donaldson only won 8 sets, and he was out of the bottom. Then it was necessary to compare the number of negative rounds, and Liang Wenbo won the fourth place in the group with the advantage of fewer negative games. Perhaps this result was also something that Liang Wenbo did not expect, which led to an outrageous scene in the semi-finals, and Liang Wenbo was late.
Advancing to the final four as the fourth in the group, encountering Bingham in the semi-finals, Liang Wenbo was actually late, and the first set was directly awarded. Although he dragged the match into the decider with a 2-0 deficit, he lost 2-3 to Bingham and missed the final. If Liang Wenbo's preparation time is more sufficient and less hasty, the results may be different. Many fans ridiculed, this is also to blame Zhao Xintong, I thought he could easily beat Scott Donaldson and advance to the final four, but unexpectedly lost, so that Liang Wenbo unexpectedly got the top four place, Liang Wenbo himself may not have expected it.
In the end, the two Chinese players advanced to the semi-finals, but both lost 2-3 and missed the final, and Higgins won the first championship of the season. Although the results are regrettable, the performance of Chinese players in the Champions League is really good, some details are worth summarizing, and I hope they will achieve good results in the next competition!