On December 6, just the day after the end of the snooker Championship, the Scottish Open of the World Snooker Tour started in full swing, and on the first day of the competition, a number of postponed 128 qualifying matches were staged, including the civil war between Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda, the result of this game, Ding Junhui's state fluctuated greatly, and in the case of 3-2 leading to get the match point, Zhang Anda won two consecutive sets, directly 4-3. After the German Masters qualifiers this season, Ding Junhui lost in the ranking qualifiers for the second time and continued to hover in the trough.
In the latest edition of the world rankings, Ding Junhui fell sharply, from the original 10th to 27th, creating the lowest career ranking in 16 years since 2005. However, the signing table of the Scottish Open has been announced as early as before, when Ding Junhui still won the treatment of the qualification postponement to the main tournament with the seed status, and the duel with Zhang Anda was also two consecutive major competition encounters between the two after the first round of the British Championship. In the first round of the British Championship, Ding Junhui won 6-2 and successfully advanced, but in the second round, he lost 3-6 to Crej and stopped in the round of 64.
For Ding Junhui, after falling out of the top 16 in the world rankings, it also means that he lost the qualification for next year's Masters, and will also lose all the seed opportunities in the subsequent ranking competitions, for him, it is to adjust the state as soon as possible, play good results, earn enough bonus points, and return to the top 16 as soon as possible. The Scottish Open is the third leg of the "Home Series" in the British Isles, although the championship prize is only 70,000 pounds, but for all professional players, it is precious, especially Ding Junhui, who is now in a downward trend, is as important as drinking and quenching thirst.
In this game, Ding Junhui was in a general state, both offensive and defensive, and Zhang Anda seized the opportunity to complete the super point and took a 1-0 lead. In the second and third innings, Ding Junhui began to find his touch, single shot 76 points and single shot 94 points, the next two consecutive sets to make the big score 2-1 reverse. In the fourth set, Zhang Anda directly hit a hundred, single-shot 112 points, 2-2 to enter the half-time break. In the fifth set, Ding Junhui scored a single shot of 65 points to complete the super score, 3-2 to take the lead to get the match point opportunity. But after the crucial sixth set, Ding Junhui made a major mistake, Zhang Anda single shot 80 points has exceeded the 19 points, Ding Junhui still did not give up, trying to chase points through snooker, but in the end it fell short, the defensive mistake lost the opportunity to reverse, and Zhang Anda chased to 3-3 into the decider. In the final battle, Ding Junhui originally started, but there was a mistake when hitting the difficult red ball, Zhang Anda directly scored 89 points on a single shot, completed the turnaround 4-3, and advanced to the round of 64.
In the other games that have ended, Yan Bingtao performed well, sweeping Schulte 4-0, and Pang Junxu also swept the 12th seed Hawkins 4-0. Yuan Sijun, on the other hand, led 3-0, and was defeated by No. 9 seed Maguire for four consecutive sets, completing a super reversal and losing 3-4. Among the other seeded players, Robertson and Mark Williams withdrew for some reason. The Chinese famous Zhao Xintong, who has just won the British Championship, lost 2-4 to teammate Lei Peifan in the qualifying match that was first held in September, and did not qualify for the main tournament.