In the early morning of February 9, Beijing time, the fourth group of the 2024 ** Gram Invitational Edition Champions League round-robin continued. In the fourth round, the handsome Chinese guy Xiao Guodong lost 2-3 to the four-time world champion "The Wizard" John Higgins. In the previous third group of round-robin, Xiao Guodong had defeated Higgins 3-2.
With Si Jiahui losing to Trump 5-10 and missing the championship, the 2024** German Masters came to an end, and the third and fourth groups of the invitational version of the Champions League were seamlessly connected, and the handsome Chinese Xiao Guodong played in these two groups in a row. In the third group round-robin, Xiao Guodong's record is 3 wins and 3 losses, of which the 4-time world champion John Higgins is the most powerful 3-2.
Coming to the fourth group, Xiao Guodong defeated the famous Rich Wharton and Kyren Wilson in the first two rounds of the group round-robin with -1, and lost to the famous Barry Hawkins 1-3.
On the second matchday, Xiao Guodong faced "The Wizard" Higgins again in the fourth round. In the first game of the game, Higgins entered the state very quickly, and his single stroke won with 8+6 points, 86-33 took the lead, and started strongly 1-0.
In the second game, Xiao Guodong still couldn't get into the state, and Higgins continued to improve his offensive touch, he scored 109 points in a single stroke, won another game 110-1, and the score came to 2-0 and won two match points.
In the third game, Xiao Guodong, who had no way out, launched a tenacious counterattack, he scored 98 points in a single stroke, 102-26 to save the first match point, and the score was chased to 1-2. In the fourth game, Xiao Guodong scored 61 points in a single stroke, 68-36 to save the second match point, the score was chased to 2-2, and the two sides returned to the same running line.
In the deciding game, Xiao Guodong suddenly lost fire, and Higgins scored 53 points in a single stroke, 99-0 to lock the victory, and defeated Xiao Guodong with a total score of 3-2, avenging the "one-arrow revenge" that lost to Xiao Guodong 2-3 a few days ago, and Xiao Guodong regretted missing the 4-time World Championship champion in a row.