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Weak when strong! Ding Junhui faced a high-ranked player with a difficult victory and was eliminated by Higgins 3:2

The seventh group of the 2021-2022 snooker Champions League came to an end, and China's Ding Junhui's state has rebounded, he shot 6 single shots to break the 100 in the second matchday, but unfortunately lost to the world's sixth-ranked "Wizard" Higgins in the final, and did not qualify for the final of the winner group. Defending champion Karen Wilson is high and low, and he won four consecutive games on the first day of the game, and he is difficult to win on the second match day, he lost two to Higgins, one to Carter, and was eliminated after three consecutive defeats. Four-time World Championship world champion Higgins was strong in group seven, and he won the group after winning five consecutive wins on the second matchday, and qualified for the final group to participate in the winning group. At this point, the seven players who participated in the final winner of the snooker Champions League were all determined: Liang Wenbo, Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong, Bingham, Dort, Donaldson and Higgins.

Weak when strong! Ding Junhui faced a high-ranked player with a difficult victory and was eliminated by Higgins 3:2
Weak when strong! Ding Junhui faced a high-ranked player with a difficult victory and was eliminated by Higgins 3:2

Ding Junhui won two wins and one loss on the first day of the game and temporarily ranked fourth, on the second match day Ding Junhui first lost 2:3 to Higgins in the group stage, followed by a 3:2 victory over Rich Walton, and the last game of the group stage lost 2:3 to world second place O'Sullivan, and the group stage won three wins and three losses to advance to the final four. "Captain" Carter played well on his second game day, beating "Glasses Man" Gould 3:1, Karen Wilson 3:2, "Rockets" O'Sullivan 3:2, and advancing to the final four with a five-win and one loss in the group stage. Higgins, who won two and lost one on the first day, was in full swing on his second matchday, beating Ding Junhui 3:2, Karen Wilson 3:1, Gould 3:1, and advancing to the semi-finals in the group stage with five wins and one loss. Defending champion Karen Wilson went high and low, winning all four games on the first day of the group, he lost 2:3 to Carter and 1:3 to Higgins in the last two games of the group, and finally advanced to the final four with the third place in the group with four consecutive wins on the first day.

Weak when strong! Ding Junhui faced a high-ranked player with a difficult victory and was eliminated by Higgins 3:2

In the semi-finals, Ding Junhui faced "Captain" Carter, the first game Carter took the lead, but he got 35 points after stopping the attack, but unfortunately Ding Junhui did not seize the opportunity, he scored 23 points and gave up the offensive right, Carter started to attack again and took the lead in the next city. In the second game Ding Junhui was in a state of explosion, a single shot out of 127 points after the equalizer, the third game Ding Junhui continued to work hard, single shot 59 points and then won a big score 2:1 counter-over, the fourth game Ding Junhui took the lead but did not get a continuous offensive opportunity, Carter scored many times and equalized, ding Junhui did not give Carter another chance in the decider game, he won after scoring 70 points, and the total score was 3:2 to defeat Carter and advance to the final. Another semi-final by Higgins vs. Karen Wilson, the first game Karen Wilson took the lead, he singled out 68 points and then won, in the second game neither side played a single high score, Higgins scored multiple times and won back a city, in the third game Higgins used Karen Wilson's offensive mistake to blast a single 62 points and then won another set, in the fourth game Higgins single-shot 77 points to win, the total score of 3:1 eliminated defending champion Karen Wilson, and Ding Junhui final.

Weak when strong! Ding Junhui faced a high-ranked player with a difficult victory and was eliminated by Higgins 3:2

In the final, Ding Junhui faced Higgins, in the first game Higgins single shot out 134 points and then took the lead in the next city, in the second set Ding Junhui did not want to show weakness, he immediately played a single shot of 101 points and equalized, the third game both sides fell into a bitter battle, both had a chance to win, Ding Junhui failed to seize the opportunity in a good situation, Higgins narrowly won 69:48, in the fourth game Ding Junhui did not tie his hands, he single-handedly shot 131 points and then equalized. In the decider, both sides were full of mistakes, Ding Junhui got good opportunities many times but wasted opportunities, Higgins narrowly won 69:50, and finally Higgins defeated Ding Junhui 3:2 to lock in the last winning group qualification. Ding Junhui, who lost in the final, lost to Higgins twice, and he also lost to Karen Wilson and O'Sullivan in the group stage, three times against the top 16 players all lost, although the game Ding Junhui's state has recovered, he played a total of 6 shots in the second matchday, but against the slightly stronger opponent still did not win, in the past year or so, Ding Junhui against the world's top 16 players can be said to be a win is difficult to find, strong is weak, look forward to his better performance in the next game.

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