At 9 p.m. Beijing time on March 3, the third round of the Snooker Welsh Open, Ding Junhui ushered in the 29th duel with O'Sullivan. In the first two sets, the two had 2 mistakes each, Ding Junhui won the first set, O'Sullivan won the second set, and the General Bureau scored a 1-1 tie with Ding Junhui, from the scene, the two sides were evenly matched!
In the past 28 matches, Ding Junhui has won only 5 games, and O'Sullivan has won 20 of them, in addition to 3 draws. It is worth noting that Ding Junhui has swallowed 6 consecutive defeats against O'Sullivan, which is the longest losing streak record of Ding Junhui's career against O'Sullivan. In addition, Ding Junhui has lost 13 consecutive games against top 16 players, which is also the longest since joining professional snooker. In this battle, if Ding Junhui can defeat O'Sullivan, he will break these 2 embarrassing records in one fell swoop.
In the first set, O'Sullivan took the lead in attacking, and also took the lead in mistakes! Ding Junhui got the opportunity to play, and also made a mistake after playing a few shots. O'Sullivan then expanded his advantage and completely simplified the situation. However, O'Sullivan made his second low-level mistake in the game. Ding Junhui completed the clearance, single shot 72 points, 80-54, completed the reversal, the first to win, the big score 1-0 to establish a lead.
In the second set, Ding Junhui took the lead in playing a single 42 points to establish an advantage, and then, Ding Junhui made a mistake! O'Sullivan seized the opportunity to play a single 85 points to win, 85-42, the same reverse win, the same is to seize the opportunity of the opponent's mistake to complete the single clearance, in return to Ding Junhui, the big score 1-1 tie.