In the early morning of November 14, Beijing time, the second match day of the main competition of the 2022 British Snooker Championship ended, and a total of 2 Chinese players appeared on the same day, including Ding Junhui and Lu Haotian. Among them, Ding Junhui won 6-3 against Hawkins. Lu Haotian was eliminated, with Lu Haotian losing 4-6 to Brecel. Robertson and Higgins were also eliminated, specifically Robertson lost 2-6 to Perry and Higgins lost 4-6 to Forde.
Barry Hawkins is currently ranked 10th and is seeded, while Ding Junhui started his qualifying rounds, first beating Tachaiya 6-2 in the round of 80, and then beating Robert Milkins 6-4 in the round of 48 to advance to the main draw against Barry Hawkins. The most recent record of the two heads up dates back to the 2018 Shanghai Masters, when Barry Hawkins beat Ding Junhui 10-9 in the semifinals, and Barry Hawkins also beat Ding Junhui 13-5 in the last eight of the 2018 World Snooker Championship. For Ding Junhui, this must be a vicious battle.
In the first four innings of the match, Barry Hawkins was still on the line, taking a 3-1 lead going into the intermission. But from the fifth inning, Ding Junhui came up and shot a 105-105 to win 105-7 to change the score to 3-2. Then, in the sixth game, Ding Junhui won again 117-20, changing the score to 3-3. In the 7th game, Ding Junhui once again scored the second shot of the match to break 122 points, and the score was reversed to 4-3. At this time, Ding Junhui has won 3 consecutive games. In the 8th and 9th games, Ding Junhui was unstoppable, and won two more games with the scores of 96-31, 95-42. After a wave of five consecutive whips against Master Monho, Ding Junhui eliminated Barry Hawkins 6-3 on aggregate. Ding Junhui shot 7 par 50+, including 2 to break 100, and was in excellent condition. Barry Hawkins was completely suppressed, shooting just 1 50+ in the game. After Ding Junhui advances to the round of 16, he will face the winner between Mark Williams and Clark.
On the second matchday of the main tournament, O'Sullivan, Yan Bingtao, Zhou Yuelong and others will play. The detailed match time is as follows:
2022-11-14 21:00
Yan Bingtao VS Zhou Yuelong
O'Sullivan VS Stevens
2022-11-15 03:00
Williams vs Clark
Bingham v Highfield