Too strong! 7 consecutive victories to win the championship, 3-2 killing, Si Jiahui reverses the World Championship runner-up by two chases and three
Beijing time January 10 news, the 2025 New Year Snooker Invitational Champion League continues. In the second group match, Chinese star Si Jiahui performed outstandingly, defeating World Championship runner-up Jack Jones 3-2 in the final to win a wave of 7 consecutive victories and crowned the group champion at the same time. In this competition, "China's No. 1" Ding Junhui did not sign up to participate, while "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan participated in it for rare occasions.
This season, Ding Junhui, Xiao Guodong, and Lei Peifan have successively won the National Championship, Wuhan Open Championship, and Scottish Open Championship. World No. 13 Si Jiahui also reached the final of the Wuhan Open.
Coming to the 2025 Invitational Champion League, Si Jiahui was divided into the second group. In the first round of the group round-robin, Si Jiahui started off with a disadvantage and lost 1-3 to "Captain" Carter. From the second round to the sixth round, he won five consecutive games and took the first place in the group. Among them, in the sixth round of the group round-robin, Si Jiahui faced last year's World Championship runner-up Jack Jones.
In this game between Si Jiahui and Jones, he quickly found a hot offensive feeling as soon as he came up, continuously blasting out single shots of 132 points and 133 points, quickly taking a 2-0 lead and winning two match points, with the scores of the first two rounds being: 133 (132) -0, 133 (133) -0.
In the third round, after losing two rounds in a row at the beginning, Jones finally made some gains, hitting a single shot of 67 points, 74-9 to save the first match point, and the score became 1-2. In the fourth round, Jones saved the second match point again through several shots, with a score of 72-0, and the score became 2-2, both sides returned to the same starting line.
In the fifth round, after losing two match points in a row, Si Jiahui finally exerted himself again in this round, hitting a single shot of 72 points, 72-0 to lock the victory, and defeated the World Championship runner-up with a total score of 3-2. Finally, Si Jiahui won the first place in the group round-robin with a record of 5 wins and 1 loss with a wave of 5 consecutive victories.
In the group semi-finals, Si Jiahui faced Chris Wakelin, the champion of the single-limited-time event, and advanced to the final with a 3-2 reversal. In the group final, Si Jiahui faced Jones again. This time, Jones took the lead at the beginning, opening with a 2-0 lead and winning two match points. Si Jiahui did not lose heart. He staged a great comeback by winning three rounds in a row, defeating his opponent 3-2 to win the group championship!