At 7 p.m. Beijing time on January 4, the second matchday of the third group of the snooker Champions League began, and the first two matches were played by Chinese players, Zhao Xintong against Qiao Perry, Xiao Guodong and Lu Ning staged a Chinese derby.
Previously, on the first matchday, 3 Chinese players were in good shape, Zhao Xintong led the way with 3 wins, Lu Ning and Xiao Guodong both had a record of 2 wins and 1 loss, and 3 Chinese players were in the top four of the group table. According to the rules, the top four of the group can enter the semi-finals, and it can be said that the situation in China Snooker is very good. Of course, the strength of this group is very strong, the world's first Selby and world champion Bingham are in this group, in order to finally break through from the group round robin, Lu Ning and Xiao Guodong still need more victories, and Zhao Xintong, who has won 3 consecutive victories, has basically won a semi-final seat.
Joe Perry 1 win 2 loss temporarily ranked 5th in this group, the first set, Joe Perry took the lead to establish an advantage, Zhao Xintong countered the score, Joe Perry made a mistake in the clear lottery stage, Zhao Xintong won the first set 62-33. In the second set, Zhao Xintong won the chaotic battle, and the General Bureau won the match point 2-0. In the third set, Joe Perry made a fatal mistake in the lead, Zhao Xintong cleared the stage 61-57 extreme reversal, and the General Bureau swept the opponent 3-0. At this point, Zhao Xintong won 4 consecutive wins in the first four games of this group, locked in the top four rankings of a group round robin in advance, and broke out of the group round robin 2 rounds in advance, and Zhao Xintong officially became the 1st top 4 player in this group!
Xiao Guodong and Lu Ning's Chinese derby are ups and downs! In the first two sets, Lu Ning took the lead in the state, blasting out 87 and 69 points in a row, winning two consecutive sets, and the General Bureau took the lead in 2-0 to get the match point. However, Xiao Guodong began to fight back frantically from the third set, firing a single shot to win the third set with 131 points, and then won the fourth set 67-1, tenaciously dragging the game into the decider. In the decisive game, Xiao Guodong once again exploded a single shot to break 117 points to win, the General Bureau scored 3-2, Xiao Guodong pulled 3 sets of big reversal!
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