Congratulate! Chinese snooker broke out unpopular, the 90s star eliminated the world champion, and the two advanced to the quarterfinals
On July 21, 2023, the eight finals of the Snooker Champions League were born, and China's post-90s star Cao Yupeng played at the level, with a record of 1 win and 2 draws, eliminated world champion Trump, and joined hands with Xiao Guodong to advance to the next stage, the two Chinese players brought unexpected surprises, Cao Yupeng and Xiao Guodong were divided into different groups, and were about to attack the final spot, striving to complete the meeting and win the championship and runner-up.
The Champions League rules are special, with 32 players divided equally into eight groups in a four-game format that allows for draws, and after three rounds of round-robin, the player with the highest overall finish advances to determine the top eight places, leaving the two groups to compete for a place in the final.
Cao Yupeng has been famous for a long time, once won the Scottish Open and Gibraltar Open runner-up, is a relatively capable player, he returned to the game, the overall performance is remarkable, but this time the difficulty of promotion is too high to be optimistic, the other three in the same group are Trump, Joe. Perry, Matthew. Stevens, not only has won ranking tournaments, Trump is also a Grand Slam winner.
First round against Joe. Perry, Cao Yupeng played steadily, smashed 3-0 to win easily, in the second round against Trump, Cao Yupeng fell behind 0-2 to win two consecutive games, and the third round against Matthew. Stevens and Cao Yupeng drew again, resulting in 1 win and 2 draws unbeaten, beating world champion Trump to stand out, Cao Yupeng became the second Chinese player to advance to the quarterfinals of the new season after Xiao Guodong.
In another group match, Chinese newcomer Long Zehuang failed to achieve another good result, all three were draws, Sam. Craige wins Michael. White, Jack. Jones, who won the final eight spots, Long Zehuang participated in a professional tournament for the first time, and it is still worthy of recognition that he can stick to it until now, Sam. Craigie has no previous experience of winning titles and this Champions League is also a good opportunity for him.
At this stage, seven Chinese players hit the quarterfinals, Cao Yupeng and Xiao Guodong advanced, Zhou Yuelong, Si Jiahui, Pang Junxu, Long Zehuang, Liu Hongyu were out, and the top sixteen players were left with Shaun. Murphy, Mark. Williams, Robert. Milkins, Trump, Karen. Wilson was eliminated, there were too many accidents in the short game, and the victory or defeat all depended on the performance, and it was indeed easy to break out.
Next Sean. Murphy, Robert. Milkins, Chris. Weckerin, Xiao Guodong and Mark. Williams, Noppon. Sankham, Sam. Craigie, Cao Yupeng a group, after three rounds of group stage, the two groups of top-ranked players advance to the final to compete for the final championship, then whether the two Chinese players can continue to move forward and bring new surprises, let's wait and see, cheer!