On May 21, 2021, the "Qiao's Cup" Chinese Billiards Masters Tournament (Guangzhou Station) officially came to an end. Zheng Yubo exploded 2 times in a row after the start of the final, made a fantastic start of 5-0, and withstood Zhao Ruliang's tenacious counterattack in the middle of the game, and finally won with a score of 19-15, winning the Masters sub-station championship for the ninth time, equaling the previous record held by Yang Fan.
Guangzhou is the first leg of Qiao's 2021 season. In the future, the sub-stations will be held in Siping (September) and Beijing (October). From December 3rd to 9th, the 9th and 10th finals of the Qiao Chinese Billiards Masters will be held together, and the prize money of each place will also be combined and accumulated, which means that the prize money of the final champion will reach 2 million yuan.
The road to the final
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Zheng Yubo
Rounds
Zhao Ruliang
13-11 Bao Hongfeng
Double defeat in Round 1
13-4 sheets of blue sky
11-13 Tube tremor
Victory Round 2
13-8 Wan Tong Le
13-2 Pei Huaxia
Defeat round 2
15-12 Towards Lumen
1/16 finals
15-8 Liang Shiyu
15-9 Dong Wenjie
Quarter-finals
15-9 Zhang Lei
17-16 Feng Zeyuan
Quarter-finals
17-16 Wu Zhenyu
17-11 Zhang Taiyi
semifinal
17-5 Hao Tim
19-15 Zhao Ruliang
final
15-19 Zheng Yubo
In the third stage, Chu Bingjie played 9 explosions and 4 picks in the 13-9 victory over Sun Yuan, achieving a 100% clearance rate. Zheng Yubo, Tang Chunxiao, Yang Shaojie, Wu Zhenyu, Yang Fan, Zhang Kunpeng, Zhang Taiyi and other top national masters ranked among the top 32. In the end, after four rounds of fierce single-elimination, two seeded players, Zheng Yubo and Zhao Ruliang, met in the final.
After the final began, Zheng Yubo won the match and then played 2 explosions and 2 catches to achieve a fantastic 5-0 start. However, the suspense of the game did not disappear, and the tenacious Zhao Ruliang returned the 6 explosions and 3 picks up after that, equalized the score for the first time 10-10, and completed the counterattack 12-10. After that, Zheng Yubo won four consecutive sets to lead again 14-12, while Zhao Ruliang chased to 13-14 before the second official timeout.
After returning from rest, both players were more cautious. Zheng Yubo added another shot to clear the score, and after playing the sixth shot of the game, he won the match point 18-14. After that, Zhao Ruliang chased to 15-18, and Zheng Yubo completed the cleanup again in the 34th set, defeating Zhao Ruliang 19-15 to win the championship. Throughout the game, Zheng Yubo played 6 bombs and 7 picks, and Zhao Ruliang 7 bombs 4 picks up.
Grades & Bonus Table
grades
name
bonus
champion
150,000 rmb
runner-up
70,000 rmb
Top 4
Zhang Taiyi
RMB 30,000
Hao Tim
Top 8
Wu Zhenyu
10,000 rmb
Feng Zeyuan
Yang Shaojie
Zhang Kunpeng
This is Zheng Yubo's second time in 20 months since Heonan won the championship in July 2019. From winning the scoring station championship for the first time in Wuhan in 2012 to winning the championship again in Guangzhou in 2021, Zheng Yubo won the championship in 9 times in 9 years, equaling the record previously held by Yang Fan. At present, Zheng Yubo's report card in Qiao's arena has won 9 championships and 5 runners-up in the sub-stations and 1 crown in the finals.
Time
Venue of the competition
2017 season
Linyi
Li Bo
Lianyungang
Qin Liwen
Hangzhou
Yang Fan
Gong Haifeng
Shijiazhuang - Open
Liu Yang
Gareth Potts
Xining
Liu Yong
Qinhuangdao - Grand Finals
2018 season
Wang Yun
Siping
Wang also
Yu Haitao
Double Duck Mountain
Liu Chuang
Wan Tong Le
Repair water
2019 season
Chu Bingjie
Huanan
Zhao Yunbiao
Shijiazhuang
Handan
Shi Hanqing
Dai Yong
2020 season
Shanghai
Chen Shuangyou
Wuhan
Qinhuangdao
Tang Chunxiao
2021 season
Guangzhou Station