On 2 February 2022, the Snooker Champions League entered its final stages, and the seventh group of four was born, Karen. Wilson, Higgins, Captain Carter, Ding Junhui advanced, group round robin Karen. Wilson 4 wins 2 losses, Ding Junhui 3 wins 3 losses, Higgins and Captain Carter played one less game 4 wins and 1 loss, Ding Junhui although lost to O'Sullivan, but he used the net win advantage to force the opponent to advance.
At the end of the five rounds of group stage, Ding Junhui won 3 wins and 2 losses, the last game against O'Sullivan, Ding Ao will be staged again, by the expectations of outside fans, perhaps psychological factors affect the on-site play, Ding Junhui and O'Sullivan match, it is still difficult to win, O'Sullivan defeated Robertson at last year's World Grand Prix, won the 38th ranking championship of his career, and is currently ranked second in the world.
Ding Junhui is in 30th place, the two sides have met 27 times in their careers, the Chinese star has only won five games, O'Sullivan has won five consecutive games, last year's players tournament Ding Junhui lost, and for a long time, Ding Junhui did not win the top sixteen players.
The group stage all adopted a 5-game 3-win system, the first set Ding Junhui took the lead, only scored 11 points to interrupt the attack, O'Sullivan played a single shot 60 points 74-11 to take the lead, in the second set Ding Junhui played a single 87 points also with color, the third set both had mistakes, O'Sullivan took a 46-21 lead, there were 43 points on the table, O'Sullivan played steadily, completed the super score at 59-21, and took a 2-1 lead.
In the fourth set, Ding Junhui blasted out a single shot of 138 points to directly clear the table, which was his third shot today, before there was a 134 points and 131 points, the decider Ding Junhui played a single shot of 62 points, there was a major mistake The key ball did not score, O'Sullivan repeatedly started to end the game with 94-66, and finally O'Sullivan narrowly defeated Ding Junhui 3-2, achieving six consecutive wins between the two sides, but failed to avoid being eliminated.
Ding Junhui had the opportunity to win with a single shot in the decider, but he still had pressure to play with O'Sullivan, dropped the chain at a critical moment, failed to complete the super score, and finally lost to O'Sullivan, after the end of the six rounds of group matches, Ding Junhui won 3 wins and 3 losses, losing to three of the world's top ten players, of course, Ding Junhui's net win score is higher, O'Sullivan still can't win the game, and finally Ding Junhui took the last train.
At the same time the game was played by Ritchie. Wharton blasted a 132-pointer, 110-pointer, 92-pointer to beat Martin 3-2. Gould, who was knocked out at the bottom of the two positions, was eliminated by Higgins with a 102-point, 98-point 3-1 victory over Karen. Wilson, it is worth mentioning that Ding Junhui has lost 12 consecutive games against the top sixteen players, and has not won for 14 months, which is the first time in his career.