On the morning of April 21, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship continued. Noppen Sankam led Luka Brechel 6-3 to end the first stage of the match, and the second stage of the game will continue at 20:00 on the 21st. Ding Junhui lost 8-10 to Karen Wilson to stop the first round. Karen's next-round opponent is Stuart Bingham.
Wilson and Ding Junhui both played very well this time, Wilson played 2 shots to break the hundred and 5 to 50+, Ding Junhui had 3 shots to break the hundred, 7 shots 50+, but in the end still lost 10-8 to Wilson, unfortunately out. In the third set, Ding Junhui shot two 50+ in a single set. In the first three sets, Ding Junhui scored 64, 11, (51, 55) points to take the lead in three sets. In the fourth inning, Wilson scored 101 points to bring back an inning.
In the fifth set, Wilson had the upper hand in the battle, winning 68-57. In the sixth set, Wilson tied the score with a single shot of 95 points. In the seventh inning, Ding Junhui scored 54 points to establish an advantage, leading again at 67-58. In the eighth set, Ding Junhui single-shot 83 points led the two innings. In the ninth inning, the two sides once again fought, and Wilson scored 75 points several times to recover a set. Ding Junhui led 5-4 in the first stage.
In the second stage, the tenth set, the two sides began to fight, and Wilson chased back a set 62-56 to tie the score to a 5-5 draw. In the eleventh set, Ding Junhui once again led by 96 points, and in the twelfth set, Wilson did not want to show weakness in response to a single shot of 85 points, and the two sides drew again. In the thirteenth set, Ding Junhui blasted out a single shot of 122 points, and the opponent took another lead with a clean sheet. However, in the fourteenth set, Wilson responded with a strong 99-point clean sheet Ding Junhui, and in the fifteenth set, with a high score of 126 points, turned the situation around. The inning was also a pivotal one, with an 8-7 score and Eight points from Wilson.
In the sixteenth set, Ding Junhui hit a single shot with 117 points to tie the score. In the seventeenth set, the two sides played very fiercely, each with a 50+ performance, and finally Wilson came to the match point with a single shot of 65 points, beating Ding Junhui's single shot of 54 points, 9-8. In the eighteenth set, Wilson did not give Ding Junhui another chance to fight back, ending the game with 62 points and eliminating Ding Junhui 10-9 to advance.
It is indeed a pity that Ding Junhui lost this game, and next, he will play against Bingham.
21st Schedule:
20:00
Second Round First Stage: Jackson Page vs Mark Williams
First Round, Second Stage: Luca Brechel vs Noppen Sancham
2:00
Round 1 Stage 2: Judd Trump vs Hussein Wafi
Second Round First Stage: Zhao Xintong vs Stephen Maguire