On March 25, 2022, the Snooker Gibraltar Open entered a white-hot stage, and China's Ding Junhui won all three matches in one day, following the Turkish Masters, once again advancing to the round of 16, eliminating Mark in a row. Lloyd, Gary. Wilson, Aaron. Hill.
Ding Junhui is ranked 30th in the world, and just in the last leg of the Turkish Masters, he reached the final four and unfortunately lost to Matthew. Serte, this year's World Championship Ding Junhui needs to start from the qualification round, win two consecutive games to qualify for the main tournament, the Gibraltar Open is his last opportunity to practice before the Start of the World Championships, and the Tour Championship China player only Zhao Xintong qualified.
Gibraltar Open is different from the regular competition, the first two days of the production of 16 seats, the third day of four consecutive rounds of competition, directly determine the champion, the whole use of 7 sets of 4 win system, easy to break out of the cold, in addition to many players temporarily withdraw from the game, give up this opportunity, mainly or the prize money is not high, the attraction is limited, this time O'Sullivan is not absent, but it is a bit of a surprise to everyone.
The first two rounds of Ding Junhui were easy to win, the first game against amateur Mark. Lloyd, Ding Junhui was in average form, scoring a single shot of 66 points, 53 points, 52 points 4-0 to advance, the second game against Gary. Wilson, Ding Junhui gradually got into the best situation, blasting a single shot of 112 points, 90 points, 64 points, 52 points to win 4-1, this season Gary . Wilson finished runners-up in the British Open while leading the game.
The third game was against the 00s youngster Aaron. Hill, who is ranked 88th in the world, is not a level player with Ding Junhui, and the first two innings are Aaron. Hill failed to score, Ding Junhui felt hot, played a single 90 points, 88 points to win two consecutive sets, the third set Ding Junhui took a 51-23 lead, the two sides engaged in a long defensive battle, Ding Junhui won the fight 85-23, 3-0 to get the match point.
Next Ding Junhui 46-1 lead interrupted the attack, Aaron. Hill scored a single 75 points to save a match point, ding Junhui played a single 54 points in the fifth set, making a high-quality snooker, and then the opponent missed the ball again, Ding Junhui played a single 69 points to end the game, and finally eliminated Aaron 4-1. Hill, who advanced to the round of 16, won all three games in one day, only lost two sets, and of course, the next game must be more and more difficult.
Looking back at the three games, Ding Junhui basically continued the previous good state, although there were some simple mistakes, but the overall performance was relatively stable, the opponent's strength was average, the ranking was not in the top 30, and the strongest was Gary. Wilson, as long as Ding Junhui can maintain his current state, he can get good results, and he also hopes that he will continue to work hard and strive to play better in the next game.