Ding Junhui ended the 824-day embarrassing record and is expected to stage the return of the king! Only Trump remained. The 2022 Snooker Turkish Masters 1/4 finals have all ended, China's Ding Junhui won 5-1 against the previous champion Graeme Dort, holding high to advance to the semifinals, which is Ding Junhui after 824 days, once again in the ranking of the top 4, and from the current situation, Ding Junhui may compete with Trump for the championship.
A total of 5 Chinese players advanced to the round of 16, namely Ding Junhui, Si Jiahui, Yan Bingtao, Zhou Yuelong Luning, but only Ding Junhui was a Chinese player who advanced to the top 8, of which Si Jiahui lost to Ding Junhui, Yan Bingtao, Zhou Yuelong, and Lu Ning lost the foreign war. In the quarter-finals, Ding Junhui ushered in a strong opponent of the previous champion Graeme Dort, the first set, the two began a fierce competition, Ding Junhui won the first set 63-56. In the second set, Ding Junhui played a single 72-point clean sheet to win another set. In the third set, Ding Junhui directly blasted out a single shot of 102 points to win. In the fourth set, Ding Junhui took advantage of the victory to chase, played a single 64 points and kept a clean sheet again, taking the lead in the match point 4-0 on aggregate. In the fifth set, Dort narrowly pulled back the set at 58-23. In the sixth set, Ding Junhui withstood the pressure at a critical moment and locked up the victory 62-48, thus winning 5-1 on aggregate, and once again reached the top four of the ranking game after more than two years.
In the semi-finals, Ding Junhui will face Matthew Serte, who defeated Martin Gould 5-3 in the quarter-finals. The result of the other two quarter-finals was Sean Murphy narrowly beating Peter Lanes 5-4 and Trump beating Carter 5-3. From the current situation, Ding Junhui has every chance to advance to the final, if Ding Junhui can reach the final, it is possible to play against Trump, this season Trump has not yet won the ranking championship, it can be seen that Trump is also eager to win the championship, the two top players or launch a final showdown.
Ding Junhui and Matthew Selter have met 4 times before, both of them have won twice, but the last time the two met was four years ago, so the reference value is not large, but from the perspective of comprehensive strength, Ding Junhui is undoubtedly a little stronger, if both play at a normal level, Ding Junhui's chances of advancing to the final will be higher. The semi-finals used a 6-win system of 11 innings, hoping that Ding Junhui could stage the return of the king and prove himself as a Chinese brother with actions.