On April 21, 2022, Beijing time, the first round of the Snooker World Championship ended a focus battle, Ding Junhui lost to Karen Wilson 8-10, missed the round of 16, and suffered a round trip at the World Championship for two consecutive years. In an interview after the game, Ding Junhui forced a smile and barely squeezed out a smile, but he could see that his eyes were rosy and his heart was unwilling.
In the past two seasons, Ding Junhui's state has been sluggish, his performance has dropped sharply, and the world ranking has fallen out of the top 16 as evidenced. With this, Ding Junhui's luck is also very bad, last season's World Championships met Bingham, this season's World Championships encountered Karen Wilson, not to say how strong the opponent is, but the stability is better. In the case of Karen Wilson, his performance in Crucible is quite stable, and many experts are optimistic about him attacking the championship.
Sure enough, Karen Wilson did not panic even if he started 0-3, he and Ding Junhui played a wonderful attack, and at the critical moment, his mistakes were fewer than Ding Junhui, which was the key to the final victory. In fact, facing the No. 5 seed of the World Championship, losing the game is also an expected result. In other words, Ding Junhui and Karen Wilson are normal no matter who loses and who wins, but the way Ding Junhui loses is still uncomfortable.
At the critical moment, the point powder ball was lost, and then the mother ball accidentally dropped the bag, the psychological level did not resist, and luck did not help. As Ding Junhui said, he had a chance to win, but regretted missing it, and he also praised Karen Wilson's performance in the last moments, calm and atmospheric. Subsequently, Ding Junhui studio voiced, of course, is not to give up the posture, has been in Crucible for 16 consecutive years Ding Junhui, of course, very eager for the world championship, can only start from scratch.
In the interview after the game, Ding Junhui mentioned his family, and he barely squeezed out a smile, which can be said to be a forced smile. It can be seen through the slow-motion replay that although Ding Junhui squeezed out a smile, his eyes were rosy, indicating that he was not very willing. At this moment, the company of his family is particularly important to him, which is the motivation for him to start again.
In response to this game, many fans said that Ding Junhui's overall play was OK, and the three-shot break proved that his ability was still there, but the mistake at the key moment was too fatal. There are also fans dissatisfied with Ding Junhui conceding defeat in advance, the last round hit the powder ball error, the score at that time was 22 to 62, there was still a red ball left on the table, up to 35 points, that is to say, Karen Wilson exceeded 5 points, and the mother ball called the last red ball, which is the reason why Ding Junhui gave up early.
But fans believe that the last red ball is close to the side of the library, there is some difficulty, Ding Junhui should wait for Karen Wilson to finish this red ball before deciding whether to concede defeat in advance, in case Karen Wilson loses? Some fans said that others may not concede defeat in advance, but Ding Junhui is too pursuit of perfection!
Anyway, the game is over, Ding Junhui has also shown his strength, compared to the beginning of the season, his state is much better, I hope everyone gives Ding Junhui some understanding, look forward to his strong return next season!