At 5:05 a.m. Beijing time on July 9, on the 11th matchday of the first phase of the 2023 Snooker Champions League (Ranking Tournament), the two groups 25th and 20th fought to determine the winner, and China's "post-00s" young player Si Jiahui won the top spot in Group 25 with 2 wins and 1 draw, becoming the fifth Chinese player to advance to the round of 32.
In Group 20, which started on the same day, "post-95" player James Cahill finished first in the group with 2 wins and 1 loss, and successfully advanced to the round of 32. So far, the 2023 Snooker Champions League (ranking match), after 11 matchdays of competition, has produced 22 places in the round of 32.
The 2023 Snooker Champions League (Ranked Match) is played at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, UK, and this event is also the first ranked snooker Pro Tour tournament of the 2023/24 season. The tournament is played in 3 stages, the first stage: 128 players are divided into 32 groups for a single round-robin, and the winner of each group advances to the round of 32; Stage 2: The 32 winners of the first stage, divided into 8 groups, will compete again, and the eight winning players will enter the next round; Stage 3: The 8 players who won the second stage will enter two groups and the two lucky ones will be selected for the final championship showdown.
Si Jia Hui will celebrate his 21st birthday in two days, and Xiaosi has quietly become the representative of the new generation of Chinese snooker players. At the World Snooker Championships in April this year, Jia Hui, as the biggest "dark horse", made it to the main event for the first time, that is, to reach the final four strongly, and suffered a bloody reversal by Brecel in the semifinals, but has already confirmed the title of the youngest World Snooker Championship of this century.
So far, of the 19 players registered by the Chinese Legion to participate in this Champions League, 9 have completed the first stage of the competition, and before Si Jia Hui, Xiao Guodong, Zhou Yuelong, Pang Junxu and Long Zehuang stood out to advance to the round of 32.
Among the 4 Chinese players who were eliminated, Lanzhou youngster Wu Yize and Pang Junxu were in the same group, and the "Chinese Derby" unfortunately lost; The two Jiang Jun and Xing Zihao, who debuted in the professional competition and were less than 20 years old, were out as expected. However, the record is good, with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat, ranking second in the group. Only Fan Zhengyi's exit was a surprise, and last season's European Masters champion was favored to advance, but ended up second in the group and missed the round of 32.
On July 10, local time, after a day off for this tournament, it will enter the 12th match day to continue the rest of the competition, and O'Sullivan, who was scheduled to appear on the same day, announced his retirement, after Neil Robertson, Mr. Fire became the second TOP16 player to retire so far.
Results of the 22 groups completed:
In Group 3, Ashley Carty won 1 and drew 2, accumulated 5 points, and advanced by a home difference.
In Group 5, Kaylen Wilson won three games and lost only one set to step up for the second stage.
In Group 6, Mark Williams won three games and three games, beating Ken Doherdy and Dylan Emery to reach the round of 32.
The 96-year-old Chinese player Long Zehuang, who has been unremitting for ten years, made his career debut, playing a highlight performance, beating two-time World Asia Arist Carter and Welsh rising star Jackson Page to advance to the next round.
In Group 10, Michael White, once the strongest post-90s, won three games and three times and reached the second stage, and China's Jiang Jun tied for second and stopped in the first round.
In Group 11, Martin O'Connell went on with two wins and one defeat ahead of 11th seed Hussein Wafi and Irish teenager Aaron Hill.
In Group 15, Welsh Dragon Matthew Stevens, two wins and one loss, beat the second senior brother Bingham to advance.
In Group 16, Ben Wollaston won two and drew one to beat Jamie Robertson to reach the second round.
In the round of 17, Chinese stalwart Zhou Yuelong, with two wins and one loss, beat Oliver Brown and Ashley Hegill to reach the round of 32.
Group 20, James Cahirlik, Matthew Selt and Anders Petrov, stepped up for the next round.
In Group 21, Chris Worklin won two and lost one to reach the round of 32.
In Group 22, Robbie Williams won two and lost one to advance to the next round.
In Group 23, Sam Creggie won two and drew one to seal the top spot in the group, while Fan Zheng won one and drew two to advance.
In Group 24, the derby match between Chinese players Pang Junxu and Wu Yize decided the right to qualify for the group, and Pang Junxu stood up for the round of 32.
In Group 25, Si Jiahui, the youngest player in the semifinals of the World Championships, won two and drew one to start the new season.
Group 26, Jack Jones, won two wins and one draw, beating Jamie Jones 3-1 to win the Welsh Jones derby.
In Group 27, the aging Barry Pincis won two and lost one to reach the round of 32.
In Group 28, "Old Man" Anthony Hamilton, one win and two draws, Chinese teenager Xing Zihao, who made his professional debut, won one win, lost and drew one, finished second and did not qualify.
In Group 29, Thailand's Thachai Ya Uno won all three matches and advanced to the next round.
In Group 30, Daniel Wells won consecutive victories over Andrew Higginson and Graeme Dort, David Gretz, and all won to advance to the second stage.
In Group 32, Internet celebrity anchor and Chinese Xiao Guodong won two wins and one draw, beating Ussenbach, Martin Gould and Roy McLeod to advance to the round of 32.
The remaining 10 group stage matches in the first phase are highlighted by the schedule:
Ten players from the Chinese Legion will storm the tickets for the second stage.
In the second group, 25-year-old Chinese player Xu Si will compete in the second group on the 11th local time.
Group 4, Deputy Director Tian - Tian Pengfei, will face Sean Murphy, Andrew Paget and German Lucas Klaix on the 12th.
In Group 9, Chinese teenager Ma Hailong will face Gary Wilson and Thai teenager Min Ke.
In Group 12, China's Zhang Anda faced a strong opponent Barry Hawkins.
In Group 13, Yuan Sijun faced David Gilbert for the top spot in the group.
In Group 14, two young generals of the Chinese Legion, Peng Yisong and Liu Hongyu, will face Richie Wharton's examination.
Hong Kong veteran Lee Chun-wai will play in Group 18 on July 11, and Joe Perry is a tough bone in the same group.
In Group 31, the two middle-generation players of the Chinese Legion, Lu Haotian and Cao Yupeng, are expected to lock a place in the round of 32.
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