In the early morning of April 11, the snooker World Championship qualification round ended a focus battle, Chinese snooker legend Ding Junhui narrowly defeated his friend Tian Pengfei 6-4 in the third round, and reached the final round of the qualifier, facing the amateur David Lili who passed 3 levels in a row, it can be said that one foot has stepped into Crucible. After the loss, Tian Pengfei temporarily ranked 63rd, and because Holt and Ma Fulin also lost both behind him, Deputy Director Tian has basically been relegated successfully, which can be described as a win-win situation.
Ding Junhui and Tian Pengfei have met 3 times before, Ding Junhui is 2 wins and 1 loss, and this time the confrontation is crucial for both sides. Both are in pretty good shape, the opening rhythm is very fast, the first set Tian Pengfei single shot 70 points first, the 2nd-3 round of multiple rounds of offensive and defensive conversion, but Ding Junhui played 2 shots 50+, the total score was 2-1 to overtake, the 4th set Ding Junhui opened the total score with a 77-16 innings, 3-1 into the break, the 5th set Tian Pengfei single shot 68 points to win a city, the 6th set Ding Junhui 78-28 to win another set, the 7th set Ding Junhui blasted out a single shot 134 points, 5-2 first to the match point, After that, Tian Pengfei blasted out 58 points and 72 points in a single shot, and kept two consecutive clean sheets, but Ding refused to be reversed and ended the game with a single shot of 66 points.
Ding Junhui's final qualifying opponent David Liri did not have any bright performance in his career, the best record in the ranking tournament was only a top 8 in the 2016 India Open, the highest ranking in the world was about 90th, the highlight moment was to beat Jimmy White to win the championship at last year's Elder World Championships, and there was a confrontation between Ding Junhui, which was in the first round of the 2019 Northern Ireland Open, when Liri blasted 4 large 50+, the total score was 4-2 to beat Ding Junhui, this time Liri although from the first round, Consecutive defeats over Stedman, Robbie Williams and Ma Fulin showed good competitive form, but it was not an easy task to beat Ding Junhui, who was gradually recovering in form, in a row.