Beijing time, July 2 news, World Snooker Champions League, the first event of the 2022-23 season, continues. In the first round of the group round-robin match, the famous Chinese player Luning hit a century-break and a 50-plus, defeating John Astley 3-1 and getting off to a good start.
The 2022 Snooker Champions League is the first event of the 2022-23 season. The group round-robin competition lasted three match days. British Championship champion + German Masters champion Zhao Xintong , with a record of 3 consecutive victories, stood out in the competition in Group 4 and advanced to the first place in the group.
On the fourth match day, Chinese star Lu Ning teamed up with young player Chen Zifan to play in Group 29. In the same group, there were two players, John Astley and Oliver Lines. In the first round of the group round robin, Lu Ning's opponent was John Astley.
Astley was relegated in the 2019-20 season. After several ups and downs, he finally returned to the professional arena in this year's Q School event. Regarding this, he said: "After the great changes that have occurred in the past two years, it is very important to be able to return to the professional level." Going to the tour really surprised me. Whether it was the birth of Kaiden or the raging of the new crown, everything that happened in the past two years was incredible.”
The first event for Astley to return to the professional game was the Champions League. Group 29 round robin. In the first round, his opponent was Chinese star Lu Ning.
Lu Ning played very well in this game. In the first game of the game, he made several attempts and won the first game 81-35, leading 1-0. In the second game, Lu Ning improved his offensive touch. He scored 97 points on a single stroke, 97-0 against Astley, leading 2-0 and winning the match point.
In the third game, Astley, who had no way out, launched a tenacious counterattack. He scored 60 points on a single stroke and blocked Luning 80-0, making the score 1-2.
In the fourth game, Lu Ning never gave Astley a chance. He scored 91 points on a single stroke and blocked Astley again with 134-0. He defeated his opponent with a total score of 3-1 and got a good start to the new season!
