On March 12, 2022, the Snooker Turkish Masters continued, with China's Ding Junhui experiencing a one-day doubles, winning consecutive victories over Scarlett And Graeme. Dortmund, after three years, reached the final four of the ranking tournament, and played against Matthew in the semifinals. Serte, who served as O'Sullivan's sparring partner, last time Ding Junhui reached the final four, or won the Championship against Maguire, this time he is expected to achieve another good result.
In three consecutive rounds, Ding Junhui was behind to reverse the opponent, eliminating Milkins 5-4 in the first game, winning four consecutive sets 1-4 behind, and defeating Karen 5-3 in the second game. Wilson, 1-3, trailed to win four straight sets, narrowly defeated Scarlett 5-4 in the third game, won two straight sets 3-4, and played 1/4 in the quarterfinals against world champion Graeme. Dort, the two are relatively close in world rankings, and have played Ding Junhui 10 times in his career.
But just in the last meeting, Graeme. Dortmund beat Ding Junhui 4-0, this time he eliminated Higgins to advance, which is also good for Ding Junhui, although the results of this season are not ideal, but Ding Junhui performed well this time and played at the peak level.
In the first set, Ding Junhui completed the clearance and won 63-56, Ding Junhui scored a single 72 points in the second set to win another set, and in the third set, Graeme. Dort scored only 20 points to interrupt the attack, Ding Junhui started to blast a single shot 102 points, continue to expand the lead, the fourth set Ding Junhui played a single shot 64 points, won four consecutive games to get the match point, Ding Junhui simple mistakes are few, while the success rate of the long platform has increased significantly.
Back at halftime, Graeme. Dortmund won the fight 58-23 to save a match point, and then Ding Junhui stabilized his position and locked in the victory 62-48, and finally swept Graeme 5-1. Dortmund advanced to the final four, which is Ding Junhui's second time after the 2019 British Championships, reaching the top four of the ranking competition, creating his best result this season, only two games away from winning the championship, which is expected.
In the semi-finals, Ding Junhui's opponent was Matthew. Serte, who trailed 0-2 to complete the reversal, eliminated Spectacle Man Martin 5-3. Gould, the two sides have met four times, each winning twice equally, it is worth mentioning that Matthew. Serte previously served as a sparring partner for O'Sullivan and won the Indian Championship, although the performance this season is mediocre, but the personal strength should not be underestimated, Ding Junhui to avoid light enemies.
The overall performance of Chinese players this season is remarkable, every time at least someone reached the top eight, Zhao Xintong, Fan Zhengyi won the first crown of his career, came to the Turkish Masters, the young player did not perform well, Yan Bingtao, Zhou Yuelong failed to qualify, but Ding Junhui returned strongly, bringing new good news, next let us continue to cheer for him, I hope Ding Junhui won the championship.