On March 13, Beijing time, in the semi-finals of the Snooker Turkish Masters, Ding Junhui was killed 5-6, ending his journey to win the championship. The Turkish Masters, the 13th ranking match of the 2021/22 season, will be held from March 7 to 13 at the Nirvana Cosmopolitan Hotel in Antalya, Turkey, the first professional snooker event to be held in Turkey.
Prize distribution: Champion 100,000, Runner-up 45,000, Semifinals 20,000, Quarterfinals 12,500, Round of 16 7,500, Round of 32 5,500, Round of 64 3,500, Single Par Max 5,000
Director Ding's state this season has been very sluggish, this Turkish Masters, Ding Junhui all the way through the barrier, becoming the only Chinese player to enter the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, Director Ding played against Serte, ding Junhui was at a disadvantage at the beginning, and after chasing to the 5-5 double match point decider, he lost to Serte and missed the final.
Serter opened with a 3-0 advantage, and in the fourth set, Ding Junhui began to fight back, with a single shot of 97, 60, 90 points, to chase the score to a 3-3 draw. In the seventh set, the two sides began to fight, Ding Junhui through multiple starts, 68-34 to win back a set, to achieve a counter-overtake. In the eighth set, Selter won 81-36 in a tug-of-war, again drawing the score at 4-4.
In the ninth set, Serte scored 68 points, Ding Junhui did his best to remedy but the effect was average, and Serte took the lead to match point 5-4. In the tenth set, Ding Junhui tried his best to save the match point with a single shot of 84 points, bringing the score to a 5-5 double match point decider. In the decider, Ding Junhui took the lead in organizing the attack, at this time the table ball type was very simple, Ding Junhui originally had the opportunity to win the game, but the simple pink ball flew, leaving a chance for Serte. After Serte started, he won the game 5-5.
In another match, Trump defeated Sean Murphy 6-2 to advance to the final against Sert. Little and Selter have played each other 15 times in the past, and Little has an advantage of 9 wins and 6 losses. The most recent encounter was at the 2021 Snooker Championship, when Serte beat Little 6-3.
In a post-match interview, Selter said, "I was lucky to play with Ding Junhui. When Ding Junhui chased four consecutive rounds to overtake me, I didn't feel very good, and I was already thinking about buying a plane ticket to go home. In fact I should have been eliminated long ago, and I was lucky enough to be in the final now. ”
"When I won the Indian semi-final in 2018, Anthony Hamilton once told me that a ranking champion like this on the same day as the final and the final on the same day and without going through the ordeal of the night before the final did not count. I hope this time, if I win this race, please Anthony will recognize my ranking title. ”