"That man" really came back, he was the "little Ding" he used to be. At the Turkish Masters, Ding Junhui's state recovered significantly, and after winning two consecutive rounds of reversals, he finally found a long-lost good hand. In this revenge battle with young player Si Jiahui, Although Ding Junhui failed to impact 147 twice, he also got 2 shots over 100, which is important. He once again completed the reversal behind, eliminating his opponents 5-4 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Turkish Masters Round 3, 16-8. In the previous matches, Ding Junhui has won 5-3 against Milkins and 5-3 against Wilson, it is worth noting that after eliminating Wilson, who is no. 5 in the world, Ding Junhui ended his 14-game losing streak against the TOP16 players. This has a weathervane meaning for him. Youngster Scarlett also performed well, 5-2 McGill, 5-1 Ford, and reaching the round of 16 also created his personal best. The fact that 2 Chinese players will play in the round of 16 also means that Chinese players have secured at least one place in the top 8.
In the first 2 innings, Ding Junhui and Scarlett fought 1-1, and Ding Junhui blasted out a single shot of 64 points. In the 3rd set, taking advantage of Scarlett's defensive mistakes, Ding Junhui scored 93 points in a single shot. In the 4th set, Ding Shendi missed the ball and Singh single-shot 32 points to interrupt the mistake. Ding Junhui then showed a textbook-level mother ball control, but unfortunately the red ball in the middle bag made a mistake, allowing Si Jiahui to clear the stage with one shot. The big score was 2-2.
In the 5th set, Scarlett scored 73 points but dropped the mother ball, Ding Junhui continued to do snooker, let Scarlett shoot 4 consecutive shots, and sent 20 points. Unfortunately, Ding Junhui then left the ball in the bag when he played the yellow ball, and Si Jiahui cleared the stage with one shot to reverse the score to 3-2.
In the 6th set, Ding had an accident while playing a black ball, and then made a snooker, AndS was fined another 2, and Ding scored a single 127 points to make the score 3-3. In the 7th set, Scarlett showed excellent accuracy and once again overtook the big score. In the last 2 innings, Ding was in a hot state, grabbed the opponent's mistakes, scored 105 points and 97 points in a single shot, and won 2 consecutive innings to eliminate the opponent 5-4. In the next round, he will face the former world number one: Dort.
For Ding Junhui, the victory in this game is of great significance, which allows him to set 2 major records: 1. This is the first time he has advanced to the top 8 of the ranking round this season, and finally found his feelings; 2, 3 consecutive reverse wins, which is also the first time in the season. In addition, with this victory, Ding Junhui also completed his comfortable revenge against Si Jiahui. At last year's Gibraltar Open, Ding Junhui lost 2-4 to his opponents. It is expected that Ding Junhui can reach a new high.