On February 3, 2022, Beijing time, the seventh group of the Snooker Champions League was all over, and Ding Junhui was once again killed in the final of the group, losing 2-3 to Higgins, and had no chance to meet Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao and Liang Wenbo. So far, Ding Junhui has been unbeatable for 14 consecutive months, and has suffered 13 consecutive defeats against the top 16 seeded players in the world ranking.
In this Champions League, Chinese players played quite well, Liang Wenbo, Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao have been promoted to the championship group, and everyone expects Ding Junhui to successfully meet the teacher. Ding Junhui appeared in the seventh group, opponents including Higgins, O'Sullivan, Karen Wilson, and the promotion was indeed very difficult. On the first matchday, Ding Junhui defeated Martin Gould and Ali Carter, but lost 3-0 to Karen Wilson.
On the second matchday, Ding Junhui continued to improve his competitive status, especially the quality of his attack was greatly improved. Facing Higgins in the fourth round, Ding Junhui scored a single shot of 131 points, but lost 2-3. Facing Rich Walton in the fifth round, Ding Junhui played 84 points, 134 points and 61 points in a row after falling behind 0-2, and he won three consecutive sets to complete a big reversal and get an important victory.
In the final round of the round robin against O'Sullivan, Ding Junhui scored a single shot of 87 and 138 points respectively, dragging the game into the decider after the end of the fourth set. In the final moments, Ding Junhui scored a single 62 points, but was magically reversed by O'Sullivan, who won the decider 94-66 and beat Ding Junhui 3-2. In this way, Ding Junhui won 3 wins and 3 losses in the round robin tournament, and advanced to the single-elimination elimination round with the fourth place in the group.
In the semi-finals of the group, Ding Junhui scored 127 points, 63 points and 70 points to beat Ali Carter 3-2 to advance to the group final. In the last match against Higgins, Ding Junhui scored a single shot of 101 points and 131 points, but he once again fell in the decider, losing 2-3 to Higgins, unable to qualify for the winners' group, and failed to meet Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao and Liang Wenbo.
At this point, Ding Junhui created a rather embarrassing record, he did not win the world's top 16 seeded players for 14 consecutive months, facing the world's top 16 seeded players, Ding Junhui suffered 13 consecutive defeats, which was a big surprise. However, compared with before, Ding Junhui's competitive state has been greatly improved, and a total of five games have been played on this match day, and Ding Junhui has contributed 6 strokes to break the hundred, and the offensive state is very outstanding. Unfortunately, he lost to Higgins twice, both in the decider, and in the tiebreaker against O'Sullivan, he also had a good situation, but it was reversed. Next, as long as Ding Junhui continues to maintain high-intensity training and improve the success rate of key balls, there is hope to find the best of himself, come on Ding Junhui!