In the second round of the 2012 Snooker Tour (PTC) finals, Xiao Guodong played well, winning 4-2 in the face of Special Rump, and successfully entered the quarter-finals.
Xiao Guodong has performed well in PTC this season, winning a semi-final and two semi-finals in the sub-races. In the first round, Xiao Guodong scored 71 points, 54 points, 80 points and 89 points in a single shot against Welsh astronaut Dell, and won 4-2. Rump PTC2 beat Ding Junhui to win the championship, PTC8 reached the final and lost to Robertson to win the runner-up, and PTC9 beat O ‘Sullivan to win two races and one runner-up, with excellent record and ranking first in the prize list. In the third round of PTC3 this season, Xiao Guodong won Rump 4-0.
In the first game, Rump took the lead in opening the situation, and made a mistake after 25 points in one shot, leaving an opportunity. Xiao Guodong started to continue his excellent feel on PTC, and scored 100 points in one shot, taking the lead with 100-25, giving Te Rump a duel.
In the second game, the two sides were caught in a defensive struggle, and each scored a red ball at the beginning, which failed to form a continuous offensive. Xiao Guodong scored another 8 points, and the attack was suspended. Rump made a spelling mistake, and Xiao Guodong got a chance to get started. He made a 44-point attack mistake. After Rump scored the red ball, the pink ball failed, and Xiao Guodong scored 53-9. Specially Rump did snooker, Xiao Guodong was fined 4 points, and Specially Rump scored 7 more mistakes. Xiao Guodong scored the last red ball, and Qing Cai won the next city.
In the third game, Xiao Guodong took the lead again and made a mistake with 24 points in one shot. Special Rump failed to score a 37-shot bonus ball, Xiao Guodong failed to seize the opportunity, and Special Rump got started again. Finally, he didn’t waste any more opportunities and recovered a game 76-24. In the fourth game, Xiao Guodong scored 9 points first, and Rump was fined 4 points for playing snooker. He won 73-0 with 60 points in one stroke, and the total score was 3-1.
In the fifth game, Rump scored 24 points first, making a shot of snooker. Xiao Guodong was fined 5 points and returned the opportunity. Rump won with one shot and recovered a match point. In the sixth game, the defense competition between the two sides lasted for a long time. Xiao Guodong used defense to force Te Rump to foul, and then he got a 63-point shot to form a 67-0 lead. Rump scored 16 points for defense, and then scored 16 points. He constantly used snooker to force Xiao Guodong to make mistakes, and he managed to overtake, but when he was about to reverse, he lost the black ball. After several shots of defense, Xiao Guodong scored a black ball and won 74-72, with a total score of 4-2, which knocked out Special Rump and reached the quarterfinals.