The British Snooker Championship is in full swing, with two Chinese players, Zhao Xintong and Lu Haotian, failing to make it to the round of 32 in the previous matchups, and another seeded player, Robertson and John Higgins, are also knocked out.
The "first brother" Ding Junhui, who is highly anticipated by domestic fans, officially appeared against Barry Hawkins, and the two had previously met Ding Junhui slightly behind, but in the long-game competition, Hawkins had an absolute advantage and defeated Ding Junhui many times in the World Championships.
Although Hawkins is known for his "glass heart", it is undeniable that Hawkins will play beyond normal to win whenever he encounters Chinese players, and in his current state, it may not be so easy to defeat Hawkins, and he must play the spirit of twelve.
At the beginning of the game, Ding Junhui defended and returned the ball and leaked a chance, Hawkins played a breakthrough and failed to win with one shot, Ding Junhui came up and lost black and yellow balls one after another when he had a chance to reverse, Hawkins made several shots to complete the super score, Ding Junhui tried snooker foul, 0-1 temporarily behind.
In the second game, Hawkins' long platform firepower was undiminished, and then the position error turned to defense, and the two fought hard, Ding Junhui struggled to complete the super score, but Hawkins did not give up and also tried snooker, after a long defensive battle, Ding Junhui scored a coffee ball to equalize the score 1-1.
Ding Junhui won a game did not increase his game feeling, on the contrary, Hawkins played more and more smoothly the long platform success rate was as high as 100%, of course, Hawkins also made several mistakes, but Ding Junhui failed to seize the opportunity, Hawkins slammed 80+ consecutive wins in two games 3-1 lead.
After returning from the break, Ding Junhui's defensive end began to show a sense of pressure, first bursting out more than a hundred to recover a game, and in the sixth game, relying on the airtight defense in the forty minutes of battle, Hawkins' long platform advantage had nowhere to play, and finally Ding Junhui hit multiple times to complete 50+ super scores, 3-3 back to the same running line.
Under the pressure of Ding Junhui's defense, Hawkins' error rate began to increase, Ding Junhui did not miss the opportunity to blast out the score again, in the eighth game, knowing that his long platform was not allowed, he still waited for the opponent to make a mistake through defense, and as Hawkins missed the opportunity, Ding Junhui completed a single 70+ to reach the match point 5-3.
Returning from the ninth game, Hawkins had been overwhelmed by Ding Junhui's defense, and although he made a mistake shortly after the start exposed the glass heart, Ding Junhui certainly would not miss the opportunity to reverse the game and directly overscore to advance to the round of 16 6-3.
So far, Ding Junhui has become the first player in Chinese snooker to advance to the round of 16 through a wave of fantastic five-game winning streaks, I have to say that although Ding Junhui's long stage is not online, but the defense is definitely a world-class existence, I hope that next Ding Junhui will adjust his offensive feel to maintain the aggressiveness of the defensive end and hit the championship trophy.
#斯诺克 #