On January 18, 2022, Beijing time, the sixth group of the Snooker Champions League ended the first day of competition, Yan Bingtao defeated Ali Carter, Ding Junhui, Jordan Brown, but he was reversed by Matthew Serter in the case of a 2-0 lead, breaking out of the cold. At present, Yan Bingtao ranks first with 3 wins and 1 loss. In addition to Yan Bingtao's upset defeat to Matthew Celt, world number five Karen Wilson suffered consecutive defeats, he lost 2-3 to Jordan Brown, 2-3 to Martin Gould, the promotion situation is not very optimistic.
The sixth group consisted of two Chinese players, Yan Bingtao and Ding Junhui, who made his New Year debut at the Masters and, although the defending title failed, was in good shape. In the first match of the Champions League against Ali Carter, Yan Bingtao scored 111 points, 94 points and 67 points to win easily 3-1. Then against Ding Junhui, Yan Bingtao scored a single shot of 138 points, 71 points and 58 points in a row without losing the first set, and won 3-1.
In the third round against Matthew Celt, Yan Bingtao opened the game with two 50+ shots to take a 2-0 lead, but the famous Matthew Sert counterattacked strongly, pulling three consecutive sets to complete the reversal, from the ranking point of view, it is also a small cold. Yan Bingtao adjusted in time in the fourth round, playing a single shot of 98 points, 128 points, 77 points, and swept Jordan Brown 3-0, who scored a total of 1 point, the gap is obvious. After the first matchday, Yan Bingtao ranked first in the group with a record of 3 wins and 1 loss.
In addition to Yan Bingtao's upset defeat to Matthew Celt, the first match day also broke out two other upsets, and the world's fifth-ranked Karen Wilson actually lost consecutive battles. In the first round, Karen Wilson lost 2-3 to Jordan Brown. In the second round, Karen Wilson lost 2-3 to Martin Gould, and the two games had a similar course, with Karen Wilson dragging the game into the decider with a 0-2 deficit. However, Jordan Brown and Martin Gould both scored a one-shot breaker in the decider to beat Karen Wilson. Fortunately, Karen Wilson then beat Ali Carter 3-1 to avoid being at the bottom.
Ding Junhui made his New Year debut in the Champions League, losing 1-3 to Yan Bingtao, and then played five sets in both matches, winning 3-2, beating Matthew Celt and Martin Gould respectively. Ding Junhui's senseless mistakes are still relatively many, and he lost a difficult red ball against Yan Bingtao, which was eventually reversed by Yan Bingtao. Facing Martin Gould, Ding Junhui had hoped to win 3-0, but he lost the black ball in the last moment of the third set, which was a big surprise, and he still needed to continue to adjust.
At the end of the first matchday, Yan Bingtao was at the top of the table with three wins and one loss, Martin Gould won two and lost one, Ali Carter won two and lost two, and Ding Junhui won two and lost one, ranking 2-4. Karen Wilson, Matthew Celt and Jordan Brown each won one to finish 5-7. Next, Ding Junhui's opponents are Karen Wilson, Ali Carter, Jordan Brown, Yan Bingtao against Karen Wilson and Martin Gould, hoping that the two Chinese players can successfully enter the top four of the group and then compete for the winner's place!