On February 7, 2022, the Snooker Turkish Masters continued, with two Chinese players advancing to the main tournament, and Ding Junhui won three consecutive sets to defeat Andrew 5-2. Padgett, Yan Bingtao won five consecutive sets, eliminated Holworth 5-1, Ding Junhui's state is average, there have been many simple mistakes, and then he needs to actively adjust to improve the success rate of the long platform, and the opponent behind is getting stronger and stronger, and now it is just a warm-up.
Just this season, Ding Junhui's performance is not ideal, not only the world ranking has dropped sharply, the best single season is only the top 16, compared with Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao, two young players, although his career achievements are far ahead, but the competitive state gap is very large, it is difficult to return to the top sixteen, Ding Junhui hopes that he can find his state as soon as possible and play the level of the peak period.
Ding Junhui ranked 30th in the world, Andrew. Paget is 111th and the two sides met at last year's English Open, when Ding Junhui advanced 4-1 and Andrew. Padgett and Ding Junhui are not a level player, in everyone's view, this game does not have any suspense, Ding Junhui is firmly in control, the opponent's strength is indeed limited, it is difficult to bring too much impact to Ding Junhui.
This year Ding Junhui did not participate much, he did not qualify for the Masters and the Players Championship, the German Masters lost early, the single-time limited time game was temporarily withdrawn, only the Champions League reached the group final, lost to Higgins and was eliminated, the most competitive Chinese players are Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, with the strength to compete for the championship of the ranking tournament, especially Zhao Xintong, who is expected by everyone.
In the qualifiers, ding junhui won 9 innings and 5 wins, Ding Junhui was in good shape in the first set, directly blasting out a single shot of 138 points to complete the clearance, and andrew in the second set. Padgett scored a single shot of 72 points also in color, originally he had a chance to break the hundred, but unfortunately the left bottom pocket red ball did not score, the third set Andrew. Padgett made a simple mistake, Ding Junhui took the lead several times, and in the fourth set Andrew. Padgett scored a 69-point equaliser.
After returning from halftime, both were out of shape, and consecutive mistakes gave the opponent a chance, Ding Junhui won the fight 65-39 after a hard battle, and in the sixth set Andrew. Padgett scored only 11 points to interrupt the attack, Ding Junhui blasted a single shot 120 points to complete the clearance, 4-2 to take the lead to get the match point, in the seventh set Ding Junhui played a single 66 points, and finally eliminated Andrew 5-2. Pajit advanced to the main tournament.
Yan Bingtao's overall performance is very stable, after losing the first set, winning five consecutive sets, blasting out a single shot of 101 points, 74 points, 61 points, and finally eliminating Holworth 5-1 to advance to the main game, Ding Junhui still has to work harder, from his current competitive state, it is too difficult to win the championship.