On the evening of February 2, the 7th group of the 2022 Snooker Champions League began the closing day competition, Ding Junhui was unfavorable, failed to seize the great opportunity to lead 2-1, played 5 sets and was killed by world champion Higgins, the current 2 wins and 2 losses the situation is urgent, and the last 2 rounds must win consecutively to ensure the promotion to the top 4.
After last year's British Championship, Ding Junhui's world ranking fell out of the TOP16, losing the Masters qualification and the world championship seeding. Seeing the strong rise of the new generation represented by Zhao Xintong, Ding Junhui also fought, he first said at the end of the year that he wanted to find himself, and then signed up for the Champions League, hoping to adjust his state and return to the peak.
Ding Junhui reached the semi-finals in Group 6 of the Champions League, losing 2-3 to Gould and missing out on the winners' group. Coming to the 7th group, Ding Junhui won 2 wins and 1 loss on the first day, defeating Gould and Carter to lose 0-3 to Karen Wilson. Tonight's first round ding junhui against Higgins, he definitely wants to break the curse of 14 months without top 16, but unfortunately it backfired. In the first set, Higgins blasted a single shot of 112 points to take the top spot, and Ding Junhui then braved and bravely played a single shot of 131 points to win two consecutive games to win the match point. At the crucial moment, Ding Junhui was dumbfounded on the offensive end, scoring only 15 points in the last 2 innings, and Higgins came in to end the battle, winning the key victory 3-2.
After this battle, Ding Junhui's record became 2 wins and 2 losses, and to ensure that he reached the top 4, he had to beat Ritchie Wharton and O'Sullivan. Brother Hui's problem now is whether he is strong or not, it is difficult to defeat the top masters, and his last group game with the Rockets is a veritable life-and-death battle. The Chinese legion had Liang Wenbo, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao in the winners' group before, and if Ding Junhui could not qualify, I was afraid that he would have to drag China's snooker back.
![Ding Junhui lost five consecutive defeats to the same fierce opponent and temporarily ranked fourth in the group, and O'Sullivan was on the verge of being out of the game with 1 win and 3 losses[fig]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)