In the early morning of December 15, Beijing time, the 2022 Snooker England Open ended the second round of a focus match, and "China's first brother" Ding Junhui was once again reversed by "small steel cannon" Mark Allen, and the score was 3-4. In the recent British Championship final, Ding Junhui was defeated by Allen 7-10 after a 6-1 lead. Now, Ding Junhui seems to have another bitter master + nemesis in addition to O'Sullivan.
The snooker England Open is the third leg of the 2022/23 "Home Series". In this competition, the world's top masters have all appeared, "Melbourne Machine" Neil Robertson is the reigning champion of the event, and seven-time world champion "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan is the favorite to win the championship, and the high-level competition is highly anticipated.
In the second round, a replica of the British Championship final was staged, and the process of the competition was very similar to the recent British Championship final. The two protagonists of this match are world No. 21 "China's first brother" Ding Junhui and world No. 5 Xinke British Championship champion "Little Steel Cannon" Allen.
Before that British Championship final, Ding Junhui had won the British Championship three times and had a good record against Allen. And in the final against Allen, he also had a very good start, the first seven games were 6-1, and it seemed that winning the championship was in his pocket.
Who knows, in the next game, the "small steel cannon" broke out strongly, and Ding Junhui suddenly lost power. In the end, Ding Junhui was bombarded 1-9 in the face of the "Little Steel Cannon" attack, and finally missed the 4th title of the British Championship and the 15th title of the ranking tournament 7-10.
In fact, before the final, he defeated Bitter Lord and Barry Hawkins in consecutive rounds and quarterfinals, as well as the biggest suffering owner of his career, Ronnie O'Sullivan. Especially against O'Sullivan, he swept his opponents 6-0 to score his most hearty victory against O'Sullivan.
And in this final, he played a lot of good cards in hand. To make matters worse, in the second round of the English Open, he lost three consecutive games with a 3-1 match point, and suffered a 3-4 reversal. Continuously reversed, could it be that the "small steel cannon" has become Ding Junhui's bitter master?