Although the first stage was once a lead, but as the game deepened, Ding Junhui exposed his shortcomings in defense, and in the final stage, he was overtaken by Wilson and has been struggling to catch up. What is even more regrettable is that Ding Junhui made a low-level mistake when he once saw the hope of equalizing, and he gave up the victory with his hand, and was eliminated by his opponent and missed the round of 16.
A focus battle in the first round of the World Championships was played by China's brother Ding Junhui against fifth seed Wilson. The two sides have met 14 times in the past, and Ding Junhui is at a disadvantage of 6 wins and 8 losses. The last time the two played, Ding Junhui was eliminated 1-4 at the Gibraltar Open. In terms of the results of the World Championships in recent years, Ding Junhui is also far inferior to his opponents, who reached the final 2 years ago and reached the final four last year.
However, in the first stage, Ding Junhui started very well, once achieving a fantastic start of 3-0. But Wilson was experienced in the big game and then won three consecutive sets and almost reversed. Fortunately, Ding Junhui had good luck and seized on Wilson's several mistakes to re-establish the lead and enter the halftime break 5-4. In the first half, Ding Junhui scored a single high of 110 points, and Wilson scored 101 points.
In the 10th set, Ding Junhui was reversed by Wilson at 62-56 in a 56-24 lead, chasing the score to 5 draws. In the 11th set, Ding Junhui did a snooker, Wilson did not solve and missed the ball, Ding Junhui single shot 96 points. In the 12th set, Ding Junhui did not score on the bench, and Wilson scored 85 points. In the 13th set, Wilson defended the ball and Ding Junhui scored 122 points. In the 14th set, Wilson scored a single 99 to tie the score again, and the two sides made it 7-7.
In the 15th set, Ding Junhui did not thin to the red ball, Wilson seized the opportunity to score 126 points, and finally reversed the big score, 8-7. In the 16th set, Wilson took the lead in a single shot of 22 points and then made a mistake, Ding Junhui seized the opportunity to successfully start by hitting the combination ball and defending the belt, and then scored 117 points in a single shot, tenaciously pulling the score into 8 draws.
In the 17th inning, Wilson scored a 65-point error, Ding Junhui took the opportunity to get started, and after 54 points, he missed a mistake and shook his head in despair. Subsequently, Ding Junhui made a fatal mistake when defending, and the mother ball fell into the bag and gave up the victory. Wilson took the powder ball and took the lead in match points, 9-8.
In the 18th set, Ding Junhui made an offensive mistake on the bench, leaving the opportunity of the middle bag. Wilson scored 62 points and conceded a bonus ball. Ding Junhui ate the red ball on the long stage, but regretted that the red ball in the thin bag made a mistake, and then conceded defeat in advance. 8-10, Ding Junhui lost 2 consecutive sets and was eliminated, missing the round of 16.
The post-match data showed that Ding Junhui was higher than his opponents in terms of total points, offensive hit rate and Nagatai offensive rate, but he was 2 percentage points behind his opponents in the success rate of An Global, exposing his shortcomings in defense.
After losing to Wilson and not qualifying for the round of 16, Ding Junhui set 2 humiliating records: 1. A round trip at the World Championships (main tournament) for two consecutive years. In fact, in the previous two years, his results were not good, stopping in the round of 16 consecutively; 2, facing Wilson suffered two consecutive defeats, this season 1 win and 4 losses, all in the downwind.