On March 8, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker Turkish Masters entered the second match day. In the first round of the main tournament, Ding Junhui fell behind 0-3 and 1-4, but he still found his touch, won 4 consecutive sets and turned the tables strongly, eliminating Robert Milkins 5-4 and advancing to the round of 32. In addition, Yan Bingtao eliminated Joe O'Connor 5-2 and Zhou Yuelong eliminated Fan Zhengyi 5-4.
During this time, Ding Junhui increased the intensity of training, and the competitive state rebounded significantly. In this Turkish Masters, Ding Junhui took his daughter to participate, and fans expect him to continue to work hard to launch an attack on the championship. In the first round of the main match, Ding Junhui played against Robert Milkins, and thought that Ding Junhui could easily win, but he encountered a 0-3 start, which surprised people.
In the first half of the game, Ding Junhui made a lot of mistakes, losing the opportunity ball, attacking the accidental bar, after the third set of mistakes, the opponent did not exceed the score, Ding Junhui took the initiative to touch the ball, conceded defeat in advance, he seemed very angry. Before the end of the first half, Ding Junhui barely managed to pull back a set, but after the start of the second half, he made another mistake and fell behind 1-4.
Subsequently, Ding Junhui broke the boat, played two consecutive shots to break the hundred, chased the score to 3-4, the key eighth set, Robert Milkins made consecutive mistakes, Ding Junhui seized the opportunity to drag the game into the decider. In the last moment, Ding Junhui still made mistakes, but the opponent did not seize the opportunity, Ding Junhui completed a big reversal, eliminated the opponent 5-4, and advanced to the round of 32, and the next round was against the winner between Tian Pengfei and Karen Wilson.
In the same time period, there were also a number of Chinese players on the stage, the new branch ranking champion Fan Zhengyi and Zhou Yuelong played a derby, Fan Zhengyi played well in the first half, once won the match point 4-2, but Zhou Yuelong then played at the best level, dragged the game into the decider and found an opportunity in the decider, defeated Fan Zhengyi 5-4 and advanced to the round of 32. The winning Zhou Yuelong will face the winner in the next round between Stuart Carrington and Luka Brechel.
In addition, Yan Bingtao played steadily, eliminating Joe O'Connor 5-2 and the winner of the next round against Andy Hicks and Slather.
So far, the Chinese players have indeed performed well, With Lu Ning, Zhao Xintong, Si Jiahui, Ding Junhui, Yan Bingtao and Zhou Yuelong advancing to the Round of 32, and then having the opportunity to impact the championship.