Zhao Xintong won the Champions League to advance to the 100th shot of his career

Source: Sports Weekly

On January 4, local time, the 2021 Snooker Champions League ended the competition for the third group. Xinke Ying Championship champion Zhao Xintong first qualified from the group with a total victory of 6 matches, and then defeated Bingham and Xiao Guodong in succession to advance to the winner group.

Zhao Xintong, who performed well on the first matchday, continued his good form, first beating Perry 3-0, then "keeping a clean sheet" Ryan Day with the same score, and beating compatriot Ronin 3-1 in the last round, advancing to the knockout stage with a record of total victory in the group stage. Not only that, Zhao Xintong also blasted 2 shots against Ryan Day to break the hundred, raising the total number of career hundreds to 100.

In the knockout stage, Zhao Xintong scored a single shot of 138 and 92 points respectively, and defeated Bingham 3-1 in the semifinals. In another semi-final, Xiao Guodong scored a single shot of 90, 52, 79 and 89 points to beat Selby 3-1. In the "China Derby" staged in the final, Zhao Xintong started with a single shot of 90, and then won another set after a piecemeal hit, taking the lead in coming to the match point. Xiao Guodong then scored consecutive single-shot 95 and 96 points to bring the game into a decider. At the critical moment, Zhao Xintong scored a single 66 points, and finally defeated Xiao Guodong 3-2 to advance to the winner group.

Zhao Xintong said: "I have played very well in the past two days, and I just want to play the level in training normally. I'm looking forward to the Masters and want to play more games. In the final of this group, I also performed well, which can be said to be a perfect preparation before the game. So I'm going to train harder now and try to do that well in the Masters. ”

Selby, Xiao Guodong, Bingham and Rounin in the third group will join Trump, K-Wilson and Donaldson in the fourth group to continue to attack the winners' group. Perry and Ryan Day finished at the bottom of the group and were eliminated.