On January 17, Beijing time, the Masters had just ended, the snooker Champions League was played again, the attention-grabbing Chinese derby was staged, Ding Junhui lost 1-3 to Yan Bingtao, and suffered a black opening in the New Year. Nowadays, Ding Junhui's state has declined badly, and it is difficult to return to the peak. In this battle, Ding Junhui made a low-level mistake, and his state still needs to be improved. On the sidelines, Ding Junhui once closed his eyes in despair.
In the previous snooker Masters, defending champion Yan Bingtao was eliminated in the first round and was reversed in the case of a 3-1 lead, although Yan Bingtao won back a city with a single shot of 122 in the 9th set, but in the end he still lost to Mark Williams 4-6. As for Ding Junhui, he did not participate in the Masters because the ranking was too low.
Before Zhao Xintong won the British Championship, Yan Bingtao was regarded as Ding Junhui's successor. Today, the two meet directly. From the performance point of view, Ding Junhui is far ahead of Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong, the former won the Masters championship once, won the British Championship championship 3 times, and Ding Junhui was also ranked No. 1 in the world! At present, Ding Junhui ranks outside the 20th place.
In the first set, Yan Bingtao made a mistake, and Ding Junhui scored 97 points to lead 1-0.
In the second set, Yan Bingtao attacked sharply, scoring 138 points in a single shot and pulling back a city strongly.
In the third set, Yan Bingtao made a mistake, Ding Junhui had a good chance, single shot 63 points, but unfortunately there was no super point, and the opportunity came to Yan Bingtao here, single shot 71 points, Yan Bingtao 2-1 counter-overtake.
In the fourth set, Yan Bingtao scored 58 points in a single shot and won 3-1.
In the game, Ding Junhui made many mistakes, he was a little listless on the sidelines, and even closed his eyes for a while, for his performance, Ding Junhui was also disappointed. Especially after the low-level mistakes, Ding Junhui himself could not believe it.
After the game, Ding Junhui and Yan Bingtao touched their fists, and the expression of the former world No. 1 was still very relaxed. But for Ding Junhui, the future has a long way to go. Originally, fans expected Ding Junhui to win one championship after another, but now, Ding Junhui seems to have a hard time winning the next game!