Crucible, Ding Junhui is here again! In the extremely unfavorable situation of 4-7 behind, Ding Junhui broke out in a desperate situation, won 6 consecutive sets, and finally staged a major reversal of 10-7, and there was no danger of advancing to the world championship, creating a record for individual and Chinese players to qualify for the main tournament for 16 consecutive years.
As a brother of China's snooker, Ding Junhui has played quite well in the past World Championships, and the runner-up of the World Championships is also the best result achieved by Chinese players in the World Championships. However, due to the poor state in recent years, Ding Junhui's world ranking has fallen to 29th, so the World Championships have to start from the qualification round.
In the previous round of the 3rd qualifying round, Ding Junhui defeated his friend Tian Pengfei 6-4 and warmed up a bit. In the fourth round of qualifying, Ding Junhui faced David Lili, who defeated Ma Fulin, who reached the quarter-finals of last year's World Championships, 6-1 in the previous round, and was in good shape. The process of the competition also confirmed the difficulty of Ding Junhui's promotion in this campaign.
At the beginning of the game, Ding Junhui quickly entered the state, firing consecutive single shots of 137 and 76 points to start with 2-0. But Liri was quite tenacious, and then won two consecutive sets before the two men were stuck in a stalemate. In the 9th inning, Liri scored 85 points and then came in to take a 5-4 lead into halftime.
At the beginning of the second half, Liri suddenly broke out, playing two consecutive sets to rewrite the big score to 7-4. Ding Junhui, who was in a desperate situation, finally broke out, and then played 6 consecutive sets, and finally reversed the promotion with a 10-7 reversal. In the future regular competition, he will once again attack the world championship.
From leading 2-0 at the beginning, to falling behind 4-7 in the middle of the set, to winning six consecutive sets to advance in the final moment, Ding Junhui's performance in this qualifier was a roller coaster, which made fans who liked him very nervous. In this battle, he won the victory and advanced to the main world championship, and Ding Junhui set two personal records:
1. In the first victory of his career, the latter defeated Ding Junhui 4-2 at the 2019 Northern Ireland Open; 2. Since reaching the World Championship for the first time in his career in 2007, Ding Junhui has advanced to the World Championship for 16 consecutive times, the first person in China;
However, the process of this qualifier is also expected to allow Ding Junhui to find the feeling in advance and quickly enter the state in the future main competition.
You know, 6 years ago, that is, in 2016, Ding Junhui, who also started from the qualification tournament, made a miracle all the way to the final without being optimistic, but unfortunately lost to Selby 14-16 in the end and was relegated to the second place. Even so, reaching the final was Ding Junhui's best result in the World Championships for 16 consecutive years. I look forward to Ding Junhui's better performance in the future.