On January 21, the 2022 World Snooker Tour Singles Limited Time Tournament entered the second matchday, with the first round of matches all being eliminated and the second round of 64 decided. For Chinese fans, it was originally expected that a brother Ding Junhui would play on the same day to meet his old rival Hawkins, but 10 minutes before the start of the game, the news of Ding Junhui's withdrawal came. It is reported that Ding Junhui came to the competition site after the fever situation, because there was no nucleic acid testing, so in line with the consideration of the responsibility for the event side, Ding Junhui temporarily decided to quit the game, and the first time to accept the test, go home to isolate themselves for observation.
Since Ding Junhui's one-round trip to the Snooker Championship in early December last year, his world ranking has plummeted, not only falling out of the top 16 seeds, but also falling to 29th, the lowest in history in the past decade. In addition, his overall performance this season has been poor, resulting in his single-season ranking outside the top 32, which has missed many red envelope events, such as the Grand Prix, Masters, Players' Championship and Tour Championship and other high-prize money ranking tournaments. After the British Championship, Ding Junhui had no games to play for nearly a month, and could only rarely sign up for the Champions League, but the group failed to win, and could only continue to play in the final seventh group, with O'Sullivan, Higgins, Robertson and other famous players in the same group, which can be called a championship-level competition.
As the most bizarre single limited time competition in the ranking competition, it has always been a competition that Ding Junhui can't look up to, since 2012, he has not signed up to participate, whether it is the nature of the invitational tournament or the nature of the ranking competition, he has hung up the exemption card. But this time, in the midst of the ranking crisis, he opted to register, expecting to adjust his form through the competition. But unfortunately, just when the game was about to start, Ding Junhui disappointed everyone, and the unexpected cold and fever made him a dangerous person in the event, because there was no nucleic acid test report, so he could only choose to withdraw from the competition and stay at home for observation. Such a result is a pity for everyone, especially Ding Junhui, who once again missed the opportunity to compete, which is tantamount to worse.
In fact, Ding Junhui has quietly created an embarrassing record in the past year or so, that is, in the face of the world's top 16 seeded players, he has been unwinnable for 14 months, even in the Champions League, facing Yan Bingtao and Karen Wilson, he still can't win. The single-time limited time game was originally planned to play against Hawkins, but it was withdrawn from the game, continuing the embarrassing record. Ding Junhui's next game, originally planned to be the seventh group of the Champions League, according to the current situation, whether Ding Junhui can continue to play, I am afraid it is still a question, but also need to confirm whether Ding Junhui is infected, if the diagnosis is positive, it will require further isolation treatment and observation.