On January 4, 2022, the third group of the Snooker Champions League continued, the competition entered a white-hot stage, the first two rounds of the group stage ended, the Chinese players won six consecutive victories, Zhao Xintong defeated Selby and Bingham, Xiao Guodong defeated Bingham, Joe. Perry, Ronin defeats Ryan. Dai, Joe. Perry, who currently has the same number of points, is expected to compete for a group qualification.
The Champions League is an invitational tournament, the prize money is not counted in the world rankings, the gold content is average, the entire schedule spans three months, the format of 5 innings and 3 wins is very fortuitous, but the top master participation rate is very high, Zhao Xintong was originally a player in the second group, and later he gave up his qualification to play by Xiao Guodong on the bench, but he did not expect that he later changed his mind, Mark. Williams temporarily withdrew from the competition, and Zhao Xintong got the opportunity.
Ding Junhui and Yan Bingtao have both signed up for this competition, both of them are in the sixth group, and it is not their turn to play for the time being, the first two groups Liang Wenbo and Graeme. Dort advanced, waiting for five other winners to compete for the title, Zhou Yuelong, Tom. Ford, Lisovsky, Gary. Wilson was eliminated, Lu Ning, Xiao Guodong, Ryan. Dai, Joe. Perry stayed on this group.
Each player had to go through six rounds of group matches, the first round zhao Xintong beat Selby 3-0, Xiao Guodong narrowly beat Bingham 3-2, and Lu Ning beat Joe 3-2. Perry, Zhao Xintong beat Bingham 3-1 in the second round, and Ronin beat Ryan 3-0. Dai, finally Xiao Guodong's game.
Xiao Guodong has twice won the second place in the ranking competition, and the 32-year-old is ranked 30th in the world, and the opponent is the 47-year-old veteran Joe. Perry, ranked 33rd in the world, has won the ranking tournament, and the difference between the two is not large, but Joe. Perry's overall results are clearly superior.
After the game started, Joe. Perry scored a single 54 points to turn into defense, and then Xiao Guodong made a mistake, Joe. Perry scored a single 71 points to win the first set, in the second set Xiao Guodong played a single 67 points to also color, in the third set Xiao Guodong took advantage of the situation and played a single 93 points to take the lead, in the fourth set Xiao Guodong only scored 26 points to interrupt the attack, Joe. Perry seized the opportunity to equalize with a single 75 points.
Decider Joe. Perry took the lead, but failed to complete the one-shot victory, scored 17 points to turn into the defense, Xiao Guodong withstood the pressure and grabbed Joe. Perry made a simple mistake and directly blasted a single shot of 111 points to end the game, and finally beat Joe 3-2. Perry, second in a row in the group stage.
In this way, the three Chinese players are currently winning two games in a row, and then as long as they maintain a stable play, I believe that the problem of advancing to the final four of the group is not big, but no matter what the result is, only one person can stand out, and the other players can only join the next group to continue the game.