On March 1, Beijing time, in the first round of the 2022 Snooker Welsh Open, Ding Junhui defeated Holt 4-1 and successfully advanced. Next, if O'Sullivan successfully qualifies, Ding Junhui will play against the "Rockets". However, Ding Junhui has lost 6 consecutive times against O'Sullivan! Therefore, Ding Junhui needs to break through himself and return to the peak, then go to defeat the "rocket"!
Ding Junhui is almost 35 years old, his state has declined badly, and China's snooker has emerged new stars such as Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong, and Fan Zhengyi, objectively speaking, Ding Junhui can let go of the pressure. In the last stop of the Snooker European Masters, Fan Zhengyi beat O'Sullivan 10-9 to win the championship. After the game, Ding Junhui also congratulated Fan Zhengyi.
Now, Ding Junhui has appeared on his own, more than 2 years after he last won the championship.
In the first set, Ding Junhui was a bit slow and hot, and the opponent 88-0 went to the next city first. But soon, Ding Junhui found a single shot of 111 points, equalizing the big score 1-1! In the third set, Ding Junhui reversed in the case of falling behind, 67-48, and the big score was 2-1.
In the fourth set, after 27-0, Ding Junhui attacked the red ball unsuccessfully, leaving the opponent with an opportunity, fortunately, Holt's strength was average, the black ball did not score, Ding Junhui quickly started again, and scored consecutively. With 103 points, Ding Junhui scored 3-1 to get the match point.
In the fifth set, Ding Junhui beat the drum and won with 138 points, winning 4-1 to advance.
The next look is good, Ding Junhui scored the second round, and O'Sullivan also advanced to the main game, O'Sullivan's opponent in the first round is Clex, if the "Rockets" win smoothly, Ding Junhui and O'Sullivan's duel will be staged!
For Ding Junhui, it was somewhat unlucky to encounter O'Sullivan so early. However, if Ding Junhui wants to return to the top, he must also defeat the top masters.
The last 6 times, Ding Junhui has lost all the times in the face of the "Rockets". The last time Ding Junhui beat O'Sullivan was in 2019! The most recent meeting between the two sides was in the Champions League, where Ding Junhui lost 2-3 to O'Sullivan.