At 18:00 on April 12, the snooker World Championship qualifiers began, and the first stage was played in eight sets. Top favourite Ding Junhui against elder world champion David Lilly, with two consecutive wins in just 35 minutes, has a bright prospect of promotion. The remaining two Chinese players who played at the same time also took the lead and are expected to be collectively shortlisted for the World Championships.
In the odds of winning the world championship, Ding Junhui ranked 9th, and was the only non-seeded player to be shortlisted for the TOP10. After this season's British Championships, Ding Junhui fell out of the top 16 in the world rankings, missing out on the seeds of the World Championships, but he came to 2022 to recover his status and reach the final of the Champions League group stage, and after nearly 3 years, he entered the top 4 of the rankings. World Championship Qualifier Ding Junhui started from the third round and blasted a single shot to beat Tian Pengfei 6-4 with 134 points to win the derby and easily advance to the derby.
Although David Liri won the Elder World Championship, he did not qualify professionally this season, and he participated in the World Championships with a wild card, and the qualification round broke through 3 levels in a row to compete with Ding Junhui for the main event. Whether in terms of fame, strength or competitive status, David Lili is not as good as Ding Junhui, and when he encounters a Chinese champion, he can only win less. In the first 2 innings, Ding Junhui made a quick decision, the second set played a single 76 points to win, David Lili has been defeated and still insists on completing the clearance, he definitely hopes to improve the feel of the hand, Ding Junhui has a great advantage, but he can not lightly oppose.
In today's other 2 matches, Chinese players also performed well, Zhou Yuelong upset 2-0 to lead the ranking tournament 6 champion Maguire, Lu Haotian led Dell 2-0. However, the qualifying round takes 19 rounds and 10 wins, and the long-term game tests the stability of the players, hoping that Ding Junhui will bring the Chinese legion to win all 3 stations, and advance to the main tournament with Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, cheers.