On November 4, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker Championship Invitational ended the 4th matchday competition, in the second group of matches, O'Sullivan was full of fire, did not show mercy to his disciples, defeated Zhao Xintong 6-1, and easily advanced to the final four. At this point, the final four of this Champions League Invitational Tournament were all born, with Trump playing Selby in the first half and O'Sullivan fighting for one in the second half.
In this competition, two Chinese players got the opportunity to participate, namely Zhao Xintong and Fan Zhengyi, and the first Fan Zhengyi surprised by eliminating Neil Robertson, Ryan Day and other famous players to advance to the final four. If Zhao Xintong can also break through from the group stage, he will face Fan Zhengyi in the semifinals. Zhao Xintong is in Group 2, and the big favorite to advance to this group is O'Sullivan, and the duel between Zhao Xintong and O'Sullivan is particularly interesting.
O'Sullivan took the lead, he shot a single shot of 82, 60, 63, 131 to eliminate Robert Milkins 4-2, the latter is also in good form, hitting a single 81 and 102 points, but against a particularly serious O'Sullivan, Robert Milkins is helpless. Then, Zhao Xintong played against the women's player Wangharutai, but there were many accidents in the game without suspense, Zhao Xintong was still in average shape, only playing a single shot of 132 points in the fourth game, and failed to play a normal offensive rhythm at other times.
However, Zhao Xintong still excelled and eliminated Wangharutai 4-2 to advance to the final of the group. The master-apprentice battle between O'Sullivan and Zhao Xintong went out as scheduled, and just before this match, O'Sullivan had criticized Zhao Xintong, believing that he should not satisfy the two championships, but should make more changes, improve himself comprehensively, and truly realize his talent. Since last season, O'Sullivan has often helped Zhao Xintong, but seeing that the disciples are in a slump this season, O'Sullivan is also anxious.
In this game, O'Sullivan did not show mercy to his disciples, it can be said that he completely suppressed Zhao Xintong, he shot a single shot of 135, 59, 94, 108, and won 6-1. Zhao Xintong was passively beaten most of the time, and only scored a single shot of 92 points in the fifth inning, which can be regarded as saving a trace of face. This game fully proves that Zhao Xintong is still far from the top master, and he has to continue to work hard. I hope this game can wake up Zhao Xintong, and O'Sullivan may mean the same.
At this point, the final four of this championship invitational tournament were all born, the first half of the zone by Trump against Selby, the second half by O'Sullivan against Fan Zhengyi, who defeated O'Sullivan at last season's European Masters to win the first ranking tournament of his career. According to the schedule, the first semi-final match will be played by Trump against Selby on November 5 at 3am, good luck to all players!