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On March 27, Beijing time, the 2023 Snooker Tour Championship 1/4 final, Ding Junhui fought in the first half, and finally returned with the "long platform feeling", and he defeated Mark Allen 5-3 in three consecutive cities.
Ding Junhui led Allen 5-3 in the first half
In the first game, Ding Junhui led 55-29 with a single 54 points, but his bench feel had not yet returned, and the cue ball control was also mistaken, and Allen reversed 55-63; In the second game, Allen scored 72 points to win another game, and Ding Junhui fell behind 0-2.
In the third game, as shown in the picture, after Allen K opened the red ball pile, there was a mistake in the left middle bag attack, and Ding Junhui never gave Allen a chance after hitting the right middle bag, and the single shot 116 points were directly cleared to win the game 124-8.
Ding Junhui returns with accuracy
In the fourth game, Ding Junhui scored 18 points before the attack was interrupted again, but Allen then made a mistake and Ding Junhui started again, but as shown in the picture, the black ball and the pink ball were in a "dead ball" state, facing this dilemma, Ding Junhui with his excellent half-set solving ability, around the blue ball and the low-value colored ball to clear the ball, to achieve a 66-8 super score, after Allen's left bottom bag attack mistake to admit defeat, Ding Junhui chased the big score to 2-2 draw.
Returning after a 15-minute break, Allen scored 52 to win another game at 65-8 to lead 3-2, but into the start of the sixth game, the long-awaited Ding Junhui finally returned, and the typical symbol - his long platform offensive touch finally returned.
Ding Junhui took the stage to hand
At the beginning of the sixth game, Allen's defense did not leave a chance for Ding Junhui, and as shown in the picture, Ding Junhui played with a long shot, not only allowed himself to usher in an offensive opportunity, but also greatly boosted his self-confidence, a single shot of 51 points to establish an advantage, and then the combination ball did not score, the attack was interrupted, but Allen's right middle pocket attack missed, Ding Junhui scored 67 points after the second shot, and finally won the big score 118-0 to draw 3-3.
In the seventh game, Ding Junhui has scored 50+ points after getting started, but the strength is small when walking the blue ball, and Mr. Li Zhao bluntly said that Ding Junhui should not go around the long platform when he explained, that is, he was worried about his long platform attack, as a result, Ding Junhui took the long platform position, leaving the middle and long platform attack as shown in the picture, and Ding Junhui once again steadily sent the ball into the right bottom pocket, and finally won with a single 92 points.
In the eighth game, Allen scored 37 points when playing black ball error, Ding Junhui hit a single shot of 52 points to complete the comeback, but in the red ball bottom bag error, the two sides entered the defensive round, Ding Junhui was penalized three consecutive shots, the fourth shot completed the ball, and then he gave Allen two consecutive high-quality snookers, Allen made a mistake, Ding Junhui scored 29 points on the second time, the key goal:
Ding Junhui won the blow
In the case of already exceeding the score, as long as the coffee ball is scored, Ding Junhui will win the victory, as shown in the picture, it is still a half-shot long platform attack, and Ding Junhui wins with one hit.
At this point, in the first half, Ding Junhui finished 5-3 in three consecutive cities when he was 2-3 behind, not only to take the lead in the big score, but more importantly, as mentioned above, the last three games confirmed that Ding Junhui's "long platform feeling" finally returned, indicating that the familiar "Ding Shen" is expected to officially return.
Come on, Ding Junhui, hope to continue the hot form in the second half, and avenge Mark Allen to advance to the semifinals.