On January 3, 2024, Beijing time, in the just-concluded group round-robin of the World Snooker Champions League, five-time champion Ryan Day defeated Gary Wilson 3-2 with a single-shot performance of 105 points, and swept the former world champion Bingham 3-1 to complete two consecutive victories.
In the face of Kyren Wilson, who also won two consecutive victories like himself, Ryan Day defeated the group's biggest threat 3-1 with a single score of 70 and 92 points.
In the game against Wakelin, Ryan Day defeated the former single-game limited-time champion 3-2 with a single stroke of 129 points, 130 points and 76 points to usher in the fourth victory in the group, thus ranking first in the group with a record of four wins.
Ryan Day won three games in a row to beat Wilson 3-2
In the match between Ryan Day and Gary Wilson, Ryan Day's performance can be described as excellent. In the first game, Wilson scored 77 points with his excellent ability to grasp opportunities, and won the first game with a performance of 77:50 to successfully take a 1-0 lead.
In the second game, Wilson scored 68 points with a single stroke and won another game 68:8 to lead Ryan Day 2-0 and take the first match point. I thought that this game would end in the next game, but the situation on the court began to change dramatically.
In the third game, Ryan Day scored 105 points in a single stroke and won the game directly, and then rewrote the score to 1-2 behind Wilson. In the fourth game, Ryan Day drew 2-2 with Wilson with a 66-61 performance to usher in a double match point.
In the fifth game, Ryan Day scored 60 points with multiple opportunities to get started, and his performance of 60:23 won the game, and reversed 3-2 to defeat Wilson.
Ryan Day won back-to-back wins over Bingham and Wilson to become first
In the following matches, Ryan Day faced former world champion Bingham and post-90s second man Kyren Wilson. Against Bingham, Ryan Day completed a comeback in a situation where he was out of form.
As soon as the game came up, Ryan Day won the first game with a performance of 89:9 to take a 1-0 lead. Bingham then scored 100 points with a single shot and 112:6 to recover a game to draw 1-1 with Ryan Day.
Immediately after, Ryan Day won two games in a row with 62-51 and 62-31 performances and easily defeated Bingham 3-1 to advance.
In the game against Kyren Wilson, Ryan Day swore his sovereignty with an excellent performance. As soon as the game came up, Ryan Day won two games in a row to take a 2-0 lead with a single shot of 70 points, 71:64 and 69:1.
Although Wilson then scored 68 points in a single stroke to return to the city, Ryan Day then scored 92 points in a single stroke and finally defeated Wilson with a score of 3-1 to become the first in the group.
Ryan Day hit two hundred and beat Wakelin 3-2 to win
In the fourth game of the group, Ryan Day faced Wakelin, a former single-game limited-time champion. But in this game, Ryan Day used his super play to keep his opponent out of the winning goal.
In the first game, Wakelin scored 16 points and then made a mistake, and Ryan Day scored 76 points with a single shot to win the first game 76:16 to take a 1-0 lead. In the second game, Wakelin completed a single-game stunner with a performance of 60:52 and drew 1-1 with Ryan Day.
In the third game, Ryan Day scored 129 points with a single shot and won the game 129:0, thus continuing to lead Wakelin 2-1 and directly getting the match point. In the fourth game, Wakelin scored 103 points with a single shot to win the game 103:5 and drew 2-2 with Ryan Day, ushering in a double match point.
In the fifth game, Ryan Day scored 130 points with a single shot to defeat Wakelin 3-2 to complete a four-game winning streak and rank first in the group.