The 2022 World Snooker Championship Qualifier finally ushered in the final "Trial Day" after several days of fierce matches, and the players will decide sixteen promoters in this round to advance to compete with the top 16 seeded players for the final championship trophy.
The most anticipated by domestic fans on "Trial Day" is the duel between China's snooker and Ding Junhui, who has fallen out of the world's top sixteen Ding Junhui this season and has not been able to get straight to Crucible from the qualification tournament for many years.
Ding Junhui's victory over Tian Pengfei in the third round of the qualifiers was just one step away from the main match, and trial day ushered in the challenge of David Liri, the 47-year-old veteran who did not get professional qualifications this season and did not have many bright results in his career.
The two sides only had one previous record of fighting Ding Junhui lost the game 4-2 at that time, for Ding Junhui, although the overall strength of the opponent was not as good as his own, but Li Li, who was also born in 1975, also had the unique playing style and technical characteristics of that era.
In the first stage of the game, Ding Junhui came up and blasted over 100 to take the lead 2-0, and then David Leary used his excellent defense to force Ding Junhui to make mistakes and win three consecutive sets to win the score.
I have to say that Li li's precise defense and the long platform with almost no mistakes completely suppressed Ding Junhui, and the magical performance was not at all like the technical level of amateur players, or even comparable to the top players.
In the last few sets of the first stage, Ding Junhui has been in a passive state, although he won two sets through multiple starts, but it was obvious that LiLi was better at that time, with Li Li blasting out a single shot 80+, the first stage Ding Junhui temporarily fell behind 4-5 into the decisive stage.
After a short break between the two sides, Lili's fiery state still did not reduce the first shot of two consecutive 50+ first shots, followed by a single shot 70 + direct one shot to win, with a 100% success rate of the far platform to take the second half of the two sets 7-4 to extend the lead.
But then Li li also exposed its own huge problems, due to the age factor physical strength and energy began to decline, the previous super accuracy is also a series of mistakes, Ding Junhui seized this opportunity to start counterattacking to win three consecutive sets to rewrite the score to 7-7 draw.
Ding Junhui won three consecutive sets after the situation on the court also underwent earth-shaking changes, David Liri felt a serious decline in the attack is also frequent mistakes, Ding Junhui of course will not miss the opportunity to win the game, and finally staged a six-game strong reversal in the second half of the 10-7 victory over David Liri to advance to Crucible.
Throughout the whole game, the 47-year-old David Lili can be described as a cold sweat of domestic fans, the first half of the accurate defense and almost zero mistakes of the far platform attack made Ding Junhui almost overturn, if it is not a long-term system of physical decline Whose hand is still unknown.
On the other hand, Ding Junhui did not be confused by the performance of the opponent's god-level, and won six consecutive sets in the second half to ensure the victory of the game, so that Ding Junhui successfully advanced into Crucible on the day of judgment and continued to compete for the coveted World Championship trophy.
In the other two matches of the Chinese players, youngster Lu Haotian defeated Dale 10-4 to advance to the main tournament, and Zhou Yuelong lost to Stephen Maguire to end the World Championship.