On January 22, 2021, the snooker WST series continued, with world champion Bingham and post-90s player Sam Craigie standing out from his group and advancing to the top 32 of the event. Ding Junhui's nemesis Scott Donaldson was eliminated in the first round. At the same time, Bingham won 14 consecutive games in the group stage, setting a new record in the ranking match, and accumulating 21 points in the series.
WST series is a new ranking competition, which is divided into three stages. 128 contestants are divided into 16 groups, and the round-robin competition is held in 3 games and 2 wins to compete for 2 promotion seats. The 32 contestants in the second stage are divided into 4 groups, and the top two in each group advances. The last 8 contestants in the third stage compete for the championship, with a maximum prize of 34,000 pounds. Robertson, Higgins , Maguire, and Ding Junhui are absent.
6 players advanced in the previous three groups. In addition to Chinese players Xiao Guodong and Luning , there are also Joe Perry, Karen Wilson, Song Shaward, Martin O'Donnell, and the fourth group world champions Bingham and Scott Donaldson, Sam Craigie, Jamie Clark, Ashley Carty, Chris Weckling, Barrett and Castell for two promotional seats.
Bingham ranked 12th in the world, and won the 2015 World Championships and the 2020 Masters Championship. This time he set a record of seven consecutive victories in the group stage and won 14 games, scoring 87 points in a single shot 2-0 Scott Donaldson, scoring 89 points in a single shot, 75 points in a single shot, Sam Craigie, scoring 71 points in a single shot 2-0 Chris Wecklin, scoring 134 points in a single shot, 124 points in a single shot 2-0 Jamie Clark.
scored 50 points in a single shot 2-0 Ashley Katy, scored 76 points in a single shot, 65 points in a single shot, and 90 points in a single shot, 70 points in a single shot, Barrett was easily unpopular. It is still difficult to achieve such a short-term game as Bingham without losing all wins in a game.
are all players born in the 1990s. Sam Craigie's performance is better than Scott Donaldson. He scored 112 points in a single shot, 87 points in 2-0 Ashley Carty, scored 95 points in a single shot, 62 points in a single shot, 2-1 Chris Wecklin, 2-0 Barrett, 2-0 Jamie Clark, scored 70 points in a single shot, 55 points in a single shot, 2-0 Castell, 0-2 Bingham, 0-2 Scott Donaldson, ranked second in the group with 5 wins and 2 losses.
Scott Donaldson once defeated Ding Junhui in three consecutive games, defeating Trump to win the Champions League, but this time he was eliminated in the first round, and his 3 wins and 4 losses were only ranked fifth in the group. Tonight, Chinese teenager Zhao Xintong made a debut, competing for the top 32 seats with Sjiahui, McGill, Dell, Mark King, Andy Hicks, Lee Walker, and Peter Devlin. Please stay tuned.
