In the third round of the World Snooker Welsh Open, which just ended on March 3, 2022, Beijing time, China's brother Ding Junhui and the world's second-ranked O'Sullivan once again opened a strong match. In this game, Ding Junhui's state has obviously picked up. He drew 2-2 with O'Sullivan on 72, 58, 59 and 57 points in the first half. After entering the second half, Ding Junhui had originally taken the first match point after scoring 61 points in a single shot, but his left-handed shot still allowed O'Sullivan to take the lead in the match point. In the end, O'Sullivan eliminated Ding Junhui 4-2 and sent his opponent to a seven-game losing streak to reach the round of 16.
Ding Junhui returned strongly to draw 1-1 with O'Sullivan
In the first game, O'Sullivan scored the first red ball to score 27 points and made a mistake, and then Ding Junhui scored a red ball to score 8 points. O'Sullivan then scored a red ball and won the mobile session again, and after scoring 27 points, he made another mistake. Ding Junhui scored the combination of the left bottom pocket to get started, and finally Ding Junhui won the game 80-54 with a good performance of 72 points in a single shot, thus taking a 1-0 lead over O'Sullivan to usher in the opening of the game. In the second set, Ding Junhui scored the first red ball, but he made a mistake after scoring 42 points. O'Sullivan then scored the red ball, and he won the game 85-42 with a single shot of 85 points, thus confirming a 1-1 draw with Ding Junhui.
O'Sullivan chased another set to draw 2-2 with Ding Junhui
The game entered the third set, O'Sullivan made a defensive mistake, Ding Junhui scored a red ball in the left bottom pocket to successfully get started, and he hit a black ball error after scoring 58 points in a single shot. The two then turned on defensive mode, and in defense, O'Sullivan unfortunately scored the black ball. Ding Junhui then scored the red ball in the left bottom pocket, and he won the game 124-6 with a single shot of 59 points to continue to lead O'Sullivan 2-1. In the fourth set, O'Sullivan made a mistake in the kick-off, Ding Junhui spelled in the right bottom pocket red ball to get started, but the position was not good enough to make a snooker for himself, and Ding Junhui was fined 4 points for a mistake. O'Sullivan scored the blue ball in the right bottom pocket and made a mistake after scoring 17 points. Then Ding Junhui made a defensive mistake, and O'Sullivan once again scored a red ball to get 4 points and made another mistake. Ding Junhui scored a red ball and scored 57 points. In the end, O'Sullivan won the match 71:58 to draw 2-2 with Ding Junhui.
O'Sullivan eliminated Ding Junhui 4-2 and successfully advanced
The game came to the fifth set, O'Sullivan took the lead in playing high-quality defense to make Snow, Ding Junhui solved the black ball and was fined 7 points, and then Ding Junhui re-released the ball to play high-quality defense. O'Sullivan made a mistake in solving the ball, and Ding Junhui successfully scored the red ball, but he made a mistake after only 8 points. O'Sullivan scored a red ball and scored 40 points to hit a red ball error. Ding Junhui scored a red ball to get started, scored 63 points in a single shot, and then hit the red ball with his left hand. O'Sullivan scored the red ball in the left bottom pocket and he won the set 77-61 to take a 3-2 lead over Ding Junhui to take the match point. In the sixth set, Ding Junhui's hitting error left O'Sullivan with a red ball in the left center pocket, and O'Sullivan scored a red ball to successfully get started, and after scoring 28 points, he made a mistake. Ding Junhui scored a red ball and scored 18 points to hit the black ball and made a serious mistake. O'Sullivan scored a red ball and successfully played, and in the end he won the game 58:18 to eliminate Ding Junhui 4-2 to advance.