On January 4, 2024, Beijing time, the two semifinals of the first group of the 2023 Snooker Champions League Invitational Tournament came to an end, and the post-90s star Kyren Wilson lost 0-3 to the former world champion Bingham and missed the final, and in the other game, the post-80s star Ryan Day lost two games in a row and lost 2-3 to Gary Wilson with a 2-1 lead. In the next match, Gary Wilson will play Bingham for the title of Group 1. The winner between them will also move on to the final championship group for the overall title. And Kyren Wilson and Ryan Day are out. However, they still retained the opportunity to continue to play in the next group.
In the previous group stage, Kyren Wilson topped the group with five wins and one loss. Ryan Day also finished second in the group with five wins and one loss (game points behind). Bingham, on the other hand, are third with four wins and two losses. Gary Wilson finished fourth in the group with a record of three wins and three losses. In the semifinals, Kyren Wilson vs. Bingham and Ryan Day vs. Gary Wilson.
Ryan Day suffered a 2-3 defeat to Gary Wilson
Ryan Day is a post-80s snooker player, with a total of 4 ranking tournament championships and 4 perfect scores of 147 in his career, and the latest world ranking is 20th. In 2022, Ryan Day reached the final of the British Open and defeated Mark Allen in the final to win the ranking tournament for the first time in many years. Gary Wilson is also a post-80s player, in the recent Welsh Open, Gary Wilson successfully defended his title, won the Welsh Open championship for two consecutive seasons, and the latest world ranking is 17th.
The semi-finals still use the best-of-5 system, Ryan Day is in good shape, and in the first game, he won with a single stroke of 102 points and won the first game 1-0. In the second game, Gary Wilson scored 99 points with a single shot and drew 1-1. In the third game, Ryan Day scored 88 points with a single stroke to win the game, leading 2-1 and taking the lead in getting the match point. In the fourth game, Gary Wilson scored 58 points with a single stroke and won the game 63:23, thus tying the score at 2-2. In the fifth game of the deciding game, Gary Wilson scored 66 points with a single shot to lock up the victory with 71:35, and beat Ryan Day 3-2 to enter the final.
Kyren Wilson was in a slump and was swept 3-0 by Bingham
Kyren Wilson is a post-90s snooker star, with a total of 5 ranking tournament titles in his career, reaching the final of the tour in 2023, losing to Murphy and winning the runner-up, with a perfect score of 147 in the World Championships, and the latest world ranking of 9th. Bingham is the double champion of the World Snooker Championship and the Masters, with a total of 6 titles in his career, and in 2023, he reached the semifinals of the Masters, and is ranked 26th in the world in the latest ranking.
In this Champions League, Kyren Wilson is in hot form in the group round-robin, ranking first with 5 wins and 1 loss, and has a 3-0 clean sheet against Bingham in the group stage. But after reaching the semi-finals of the group, Kyren Wilson was out of form. Bingham, on the other hand, is getting better and braver. After losing two consecutive games in the group stage, he won four consecutive victories and advanced to the semi-finals.
In the first game of the semifinals, Bingham scored 52 points with a single stroke to establish an advantage, and won the game with a score of 88:15, leading 1-0. In the second game, Kyren Wilson felt sluggish and made many mistakes, Bingham scored 78 points piecemeal and won the game 78-31, leading 2-0 and taking the first match point. In the third game, Kyren Wilson's state did not improve, Bingham scored multiple shots to lock up the victory at 81:36, and finally the game ended, Bingham won three games in a row and swept Kyren Wilson 3-0 to advance to the final.