Championship League 2022 - Xiao Guodong knocks out Mark Selby in semis, loses to Zhao Xintong in final
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Updated 04/01/2022 at 20:49 GMT
Zhao Xintong took on his fellow countryman Xiao Guodong in the final of the Championship Group 3 games on Tuesday night, with the Chinese player emerging as a 3-2 victory. Earlier in the evening Xiao had knocked out world number one Mark Selby, who had won his first two group games of Tuesday's action.
Mark Selby of England chalks the cue during the semi-final match against Judd Trump
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Zhao Xintong defeated Xiao Guodong 3-2 in the Championship League Group 3 final on Tuesday night.
The two players were in excellent form for much of the day, and both hit two half-century breaks in the last match of the day.
Zhao hit 90 in the first frame to take the lead and then went 2-0 up with a scrappy 60-47.
Xiao then forced a decisive fifth with two breaks, 95 and then 96, in the next two frames before a 66 break was enough for Zhao to take the win.
Mark Selby had won both his Championship League Group 3 games on Tuesday to reach the semi-finals, before losing to Xiao.
Selby won his first match of the day 3-0 against Joe Perry, before then securing another whitewash over Xiao. Xiao also beat Day 3-1.
Selby was in exceptional form against Xiao, with his opening break of 94 in the first frame his worst of the match.
In the second frame he stepped up another gear to secure a break of 108 in the second, before a 131 effort in the third and final frame.
He was scarcely worse against Perry, with one break of 86 and another of 125 helping him to victory.
Perry struggled throughout the day, losing 3-2 to Stuart Bingham and 3-0 to Zhao Xingtong. Xintong beat Ryan Day 3-0, and Lu Ning 3-1.
Stuart Bingham beat Lu 3-2 in his other game, while Xiao also defeated Lu 3-2.
That set up a semi-final between Xiao and Selby, while Zhao was drawn against Bingham.
Zhao went through to the final with a comprehensive win over Bingham. While the English veteran won the first frame 67-74, Zhao's break of 52 hinted of more to come.
A 138 and then a 92, both without response, took the Chinese player into a 2-1 lead with a 70-22 fourth frame win taking him into the evening's final.
Selby failed at the penultimate hurdle when he went out 3-1 against Xiao in their second match of the day. The Chinese player was in superb form with breaks of 70, 79, 52 and 89 winning him three frames and Selby's 97 in the second frame not enough to resist his opponent.
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