In the early morning of April 13, Beijing time, the fourth round of the 2022 Snooker World Championship Qualification Tournament began to compete, and China's Ding Junhui competed in the competition, and his opponent was David Lili. In the end, the two sides fought fiercely in this 19-inning and 10-win match, ding Junhui fell behind 4-7 in six consecutive sets, 10-7 to eliminate the opponent, 16 consecutive years in the world championship.
Ding Junhui was in a hot state in the first set, and he single-handedly blasted 137 points to successfully win the first set. In the second inning, Ding Junhui single-handedly blasted out 76 points to take a 2-0 lead after the next set. In the 3rd and 4th innings David Lilly quickly adjusted his form, shooting 61 and 60 points respectively, and chased two consecutive innings to make it 2-2.
In the 5th set, Ding Junhui won 77-17 to take a 3-2 lead. In the 6th set, Lilly returned the set 80-41 and the competition between the two sides was very fierce. In the 7th set, Lilly scored 68 and 56 points to shoot a 50+ and take a 4-3 lead after winning another set. In the 8th set, Ding Junhui scored 59 points and won 84-0. In the 9th inning, Li Li blasted out 85 points to take a 5-4 lead to end the first half.
In the 10th set, Lilly scored a single 54 and 64 points respectively to win the game 118-7. In the 11th inning, the game was a 7-4 lead by a sharp 71-point win. Trailing Ding Junhui began to exert his strength, in the 12th and 13th innings he played a single 50+ performance, and then Ding Junhui continued to work hard, after 5 consecutive sets to get 9-7 match points. In the 17th set, Ding Junhui continued to work hard, scoring 56 points with a single shot to win the round 67-1.
In the end, after 17 rounds of fierce fighting, Ding Junhui eliminated David Lilly 10-7 and successfully entered the Crucible main competition. Among the other two Chinese players who played at the same time, Lu Haotian eliminated Dominique Dale 10-4, and Zhou Yuelong lost to Maguire 7-10 and fell on the day of the Armageddon.