In the early morning of March 13, Beijing time, the snooker Turkish Masters ended the semi-final competition. In the end, China's Ding Junhui lost to Serter 5-6 and missed the final. Ding Junhui lost his best chance to win the title of the season, and the 824-day championship drought continues. At the same time, Ding Junhui suffered another big bad news, that is, he had no chance to get straight to the world championship.
Ding Junhui showed very good form at the Turkish Masters, after completing a reversal in three consecutive games. After eliminating former champion Dortmund 5-1, Ding Junhui reached the top 4 of the ranking tournament for the first time in the season. Facing Serte, who was not very strong, this was a good opportunity for him to reach the final. Unfortunately, in the game, although Ding Junhui won 4 consecutive sets after falling behind 0-3, he was subsequently dragged into the decider. However, there were major mistakes in the decider, and in the end, it was regrettably lost.
Ding Junhui stopped in the semi-finals of the Turkish Masters, and also made his 15-year record possible. Because After Ding Junhui missed the final, he could only get a prize of 20,000 pounds. In the latest edition of the World Rankings, Ding Junhui will rise to 30th place. And because only the Gibraltar Open remains in the ranking tournament before the World Championships, even if Ding Junhui wins the championship, the world ranking is only 20th, missing the top 16.
Of the 32 seats at the World Championships, only the top 16 players will be able to make it straight to the main event. This means that Ding Junhui must play in the World Championship qualification round. After the change of rules, Ding Junhui needs to play 2 rounds of qualifiers and win all of them to advance to the main tournament. Due to the difficulty of the World Championship qualification rounds, Ding Junhui is not guaranteed to win two games in a row.
Since reaching the world championship for the first time in 2007, Ding Junhui has not been absent in the past 15 world championships. But this year, Ding Junhui had no chance to get through. And once the lottery is not lucky, Ding Junhui may end the miracle of standing in Crucible for 15 consecutive years. Of course, if Ding Junhui plays in the semi-finals, the hope of advancing to the main tournament is still great.