Beijing time On the afternoon of March 11, the snooker Turkish Masters competed for the quarterfinals, and Chinese player Ding Junhui played against young player Si Jiahui. The two sides fought until the decider, and finally China's famous Ding Junhui defeated youngster Si Jiahui 5-4 to win the Chinese derby and advance to the quarterfinals.
Ding Junhui has been in a bad state lately, making frequent rounds. In this Turkish Masters, Ding Junhui defeated Karen Wilson 5-3 in the second round, ending his embarrassing record of losing 14 times against the TOP16. Youngster Scarlett, 20 years old, recently won the WSF Championship. This time, the Turkish Masters Sesjahui also played well, eliminating McGill 5-2.
In this game, Ding Junhui's state was good at the beginning, starting with 64 points, but there were low-level mistakes. Scarlett scored 71 consecutive points to win the first set. In the second set, Ding Junhui took the lead in organizing the attack, and scored 93 points to tie the score to 1-1. In the third set, the two sides fought each other, each with its own mistakes. In the end, Ding Junhui seized the opportunity to score 73 consecutive points and surpassed the score to 2-1. In the fourth set, the two sides once again launched a tug-of-war, both sides were relatively tight hands, frequent mistakes, and finally Scarlett seized the opportunity to clear the stage with a 63 points, and the two sides drew 2-2 in the first half.
At the beginning of the second half, the fifth set, the two sides began to fall into a tug-of-war. After a few tugs, Scarlett narrowly won the set 87-50. In the sixth set, Ding Junhui blasted out a single shot of 127 points, which will be a 3-3 draw. In the seventh inning, Scarlett scored 78 points, leading again, leading to match point. In the eighth set, Ding Junhui fought backwaters, playing a single shot of 105 points to save the match point and bring the game into a double match point decider. In the decider, Si Jiahui was punished for a mistake, and Ding Junhui seized the opportunity to win the game with 97 points, and defeated Si Jiahui 5-4 to advance.
Next, Ding Junhui will play against the winner between Higgins and Dort, hoping that Director Ding can play steadily and win the championship in one fell swoop!