In the early morning of January 19, Beijing time, ding Junhui and Gould met in the semi-finals of the snooker Champions League Group 6. With Ding Junhui's missed goal in the decider, Gould scored a difficult red ball into the bottom of the library and ended the game again, and the General Bureau scored 2-3! It's over! Ding Junhui's New Year's debut report card: the group qualified to enter the top 4, and did not qualify for the final.
In the first set, Ding Junhui slammed a single shot with 134 points to win! In the second set, Gould seized the opportunity to build a 40-1 advantage, after which Ding Junhui missed the ball in defense, and Gould started again to win the set 74-2. In the third set, Gould kept a clean sheet 88-0 again, and the General Bureau led again 2-1. In the fourth set, Ding Junhui made a mistake in hitting the ball, the red ball remained in the bag mouth, Gould hit the red ball at the bottom bag mouth, however, Gould really gave the opportunity, Ding Junhui got the opportunity to continue to play, unfortunately, in defense, Ding Junhui left the red ball in the bag mouth, or the same bottom bag, Gould magically spit cake again, the bag mouth red ball did not enter, Ding Junhui still had a chance.
After that, Ding Junhui cleared the stage to save himself, but also saved a match point, 93-24, Ding Junhui luckily won the fourth set, dragging the game into the decider.
In the tiebreaker, Ding Junhui took the lead in making a low-level mistake that should not have been made, and after the mistake, Ding Junhui slashed the floor with the bottom of the club, and the sound was very loud, and the entire competition venue could hear it. Although Gould is still giving opportunities, but Ding Junhui has gone, in a defense, Ding Junhui leaked a bottom library red ball, Gould did not have a soft hand, scored a difficult sticker red ball, and then ended the whole game.
In the 2022 New Year's debut, Ding Junhui participated in the Snooker Champions League after many years, and in the end, Ding Junhui handed over the report card: 4 wins and 2 losses in the group round robin (losing to Yan Bingtao and Karen Wilson), qualifying as the third in the group, losing 2-3 to Gould in the semi-finals, missing the final group final. In another semi-final, Yan Bingtao swept Karen Wilson 3-0, so the group final match was produced: Yan Bingtao vs Gould.