On March 10, Beijing time, the 2022 Snooker Turkish Masters, Ding Junhui beat Karen Wilson 5-3, ending a 14-game losing streak against the TOP16 players and advancing to the round of 16! Ding Junhui was in excellent form and very calm, playing 1 hour, 04 minutes and 30 seconds in the 8th set. Ding Junhui, the king is back!
Facing the 14 consecutive defeats of the TOP16 players, Ding Junhui looks like a second-rate player, this time against the world's 5th Karen Wilson, no one is optimistic about Ding Junhui. When the world ranking has reached 32nd place, Ding Junhui bottomed out and rebounded, and finally broke out!
In this campaign, Ding Junhui won the first set 68-1 many times, and then Karen Wilson began to control the game, Ding Junhui seems to be still the one who played casually, missed opportunities, and how to play difficult balls can not score, Karen Wilson 80-44, 86-14, 84-12 chased 3 consecutive sets, Ding Junhui fell behind 1-3.
In such a situation, Ding Junhui broke out, found the feel of Ding Junhui full firepower, after a single shot of 73 points, a single par of 105 points to tie the score, the 7th game Ding Junhui single shot 100 points but took the lead in getting the match point! In this battle, Karen Wilson woke up like a dream and began to fight back, the two sides entered a nearly tragic duel, time passed minute by minute, both sides could not find an absolute breakthrough, it has been difficult to score high, when the time passed 1 hour later, Ding Junhui won 83-68, 5-3 eliminated the opponent. In the 8th inning, the two sides played 1 hour 04 minutes and 30 seconds!
Ding Junhui advanced to the round of 16, and finally defeated the high-ranking players, the previous 14 consecutive defeats are humiliating, he is also happy to sign a name for the camera, now whether Ding Junhui is really "the return of the king" all the way to the high, we look at the next Ding Junhui's performance.