Zhao Ruliang and Liang Shiyu joined forces in the final.
Photo courtesy of the Organizing Committee
Chinanews.com, Beijing, May 2. The reporter learned from the event organizing committee that the 2022 Joe Cup Chinese Billiards Masters (Players Championship Sanya Nais Station) ushered in the ultimate contest on May 1.
"Emperor Star" Zhao Ruliang and Liang Shiyu joined forces in the final. In the end, Zhao Ruliang defeated Liang Shiyu 21:12, won the first player championship trophy and won a prize of 500,000 yuan.
Zhao Ruliang and Liang Shiyu, who are both post-00s, fought against all the tycoons in the final, which can be called the "momentary Yuliang" of Chinese billiards, indicating that the younger generation is entering the core stage of Chinese billiards, and it also symbolizes the vitality of the sport.
The classic showdown between Yang Fan and Zheng Yubo was still vivid in my eyes, and now their apprentices are competing on the stage of the Masters.
The intergenerational inheritance between players and apprentices is a vivid manifestation of the professionalization of Chinese billiards.
"Yu Liang for a while" refers to two extremely talented people whose strengths are comparable.
In the end, is Zhao Ruliang better, or is Liang Shiyu rewriting the legend and subverting history?
The game kicked off in suspense.
In the first round, Zhao Ruliang took the lead 1:0, and then led 3:0 in the next two games.
The continuous loss of points in the early stage of the game did not discourage Liang Shiyu. He quickly found the rhythm in the next few rounds and succeeded in successive attacks to chase the score to 4:4.
By the time the first round was suspended, Zhao Ruliang temporarily took the lead with 5:4.
Zhao Ruliang in the game.
Photo courtesy of the Organizing Committee
In the 10th game, Liang Shiyu equalized the score 5:5.
In the 12th game, Liang Shiyu accidentally smashed the bag and gave Zhao Ruliang 1 point.
Afterwards, Zhao Ruliang missed the kickoff, Liang Shiyu made the clear, and the two sides tied 7:7 in the 14th game.
In the 16th game, Liang Shiyu blew up and the score was 8:8.
With an evenly divided game, this "Battle of Yuliang" made the fans excited to watch.
After the suspension, the two sides entered a new round of competition.
Zhao Ruliang, who was feeling better and better, scored consecutive points and scored a blowout in the 19th game, returning to the leading position with a score of 11:8.
In the 23rd and 25th innings, Zhao Ruliang blew up one after another, opening the score difference at 15:10.
In the 27th game, after a fight between the two sides, Zhao Ruliang seized the opportunity to rewrite the score to 16:11.
As the game drew to a close, the offensive rhythm of both sides slowed down.
Zhao Ruliang continued to take advantage of the victory to expand the score. In the 29th game, he scored a clear blow again, and the score came to 18:11.
Compared with the first half, Liang Shiyu's counterattack had little effect.
Under the huge point difference, there is no suspense in the game. In the end, Zhao Ruliang ended the game with 21:12 and won the championship.
Liang Shiyu is in the game.
Photo courtesy of the Organizing Committee
In the 2022 season, Joe's has fully upgraded the competition system, with a total season bonus of 22.8 million, and the Masters Global Finals championship bonus jumped to 5 million, surpassing the Snooker World Championships to become the world's most expensive billiards tournament.
The Masters opened the first year of professionalization of Chinese billiards with a more complete competition system and more generous bonuses.
The season has set sail, and the upcoming Masters A, Super Tournament, Players Championship, and Finals will be even more exciting.
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