The much-watched 2022-2023 British Snooker Championship with Zhou Yuelong's crushing defeat, the Chinese snooker army is left with only Ding Junhui still fighting alone, and Ding Junhui did not disappoint the fans who stayed up late in the second matchday of the round of sixteen.
Ding Junhui faced Jamie Clarke, who defeated Mark Williams earlier in this round, and the two have only met once in their entire careers, and Ding Junhui won the final victory, according to the overall strength, as long as Ding Junhui can play normally, it should not be a problem.
The result of the game was not much surprise, Ding Junhui suppressed both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and blasted two 80+, three 50+, and one shot over 100 to easily beat Clarke 6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals, and the happy Ding Junhui even staged a "stick method" when the pink ball turned over in the first game.
Ding Junhui defeated Clark to advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament and also received 15,000 pounds in bonus points, with this bonus Ding Junhui's world ranking finally returned to the top 32, although there is still some distance from the top sixteen, but it has to be said that Ding Junhui's form has begun to pick up this season.
However, for Ding Junhui, the next eight is the biggest challenge to whether the British championship can win the trophy, and world number one Ronnie O'Sullivan has been waiting for a long time in the quarter-finals, and the two will meet for the thirtieth time of his career (Ding Junhui has won only five games before).
In the previous record of the meeting, Ding Junhui was at an absolute disadvantage, and the successive losses were called Ding Junhui as O'Sullivan's "exclusive background board" by the outside world, but frankly speaking, not only Ding Junhui, but it is difficult for any player to take advantage of O'Sullivan, whether it is psychological or technical.
And Ding Junhui is obviously a psychological factor greater than a technical level, past losses have made Ding Junhui psychologically have a heart demon, if you can't get rid of the heart demon to face the confrontation with O'Sullivan this time, I'm afraid the victory will still pass by yourself.
But as fans, we believe that Ding Junhui is ready to retire this battle of proof, not only to refuse to become a "backdrop" again, but also to break his 1,077-day championship drought to hit the 15th title of his career. At that time, Ding Junhui's world ranking will also return to the top 16 in the world again, completely dispelling doubts from the outside world, and looking forward to Ding Junhui bringing surprises to domestic fans.
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