In the third round of the Snooker World Championship qualification round, China's famous Li Xing was killed in the real sense! In the decider, Li Xing lost by 1 point 67-68, and Donaldson thrilled to enter the final qualifying round. In this battle, Li Xing once held 3 match points, the big score was 5-3 leading, and the promotion was in sight, but then, the super crash occurred, Li Xing squandered 3 match points, was pulled three times in a row by Donaldson, and finally, Li Xing was out of the game with a 5-6 score in the general bureau, which was heart-wrenching!
As one of the post-90s representatives of China's snooker generation, Li Xing once picked trump 5-4 to reach the final four of last season's Scottish Open. In addition, Li Xing also reached the semi-finals of the World Snooker China Championship in 2017, winning consecutive victories over Robertson, White, Stevens, Williams and other famous players. At present, Li Xing is ranked 42nd in the world, and in this World Championship qualification round, Li Xing started from the third round, and the matchup with Donaldson was Li Xing's debut in this event.
In the first set, Li Xing kept a clean sheet 69-0. In the second set, Donaldson scored a single 55 points to equalize 63-5. In the third set, Li Xing won 68-47. In the fourth inning, Donaldson was 61-48 also in color. In the fifth set, Li Xing single-handedly scored 74 points to win. In the sixth set, Li Hang 64-0 again kept a clean sheet. In the seventh inning, Donaldson scored 58 points to make it 61-0. In the eighth set, Li Xing won by 92 points, thus leading 5-3 with a large score, taking the lead in 3 match points, and in each of the next innings, Li Xing won any round to end the game.
However, it is a great pity that Donaldson broke out in a desperate situation, 60 points, 93 points, 58 points in a row, won three consecutive sets, frantically saved 3 match points, the decider, Donaldson was even behind 10-67 to blast out a single shot of 58 points, with 68-67, 1 point advantage limit to kill Li Xing! In the end, Donaldson completed the desperate turnaround with the General Bureau scored 6-5, and Li Xing was out of the game in the form of a big crash!
It is worth mentioning that Donaldson was once known as Ding Junhui's bitter lord, and in 11 days, he once won 3 consecutive games against Ding Junhui. Now, in the third round of the World Championship qualifier with Li Xing, Donaldson has impressed Chinese fans with a big reversal of 3 match points in a row + a 1-point kill in the decider, and once again hit China snooker. In the confrontation with China's snooker, Donaldson left a strong mark!