Ding Junhui won a double victory in one day and advanced to the round of 16; Tonight, Jia Fai fought Selby and Ding Junhui against Lao Ma

At 5 p.m. Beijing time on September 27, the 2023 Snooker British Open began the third day of competition, ending all the first round (64 to 32) and some second round (32 to 16) matches.

1. Highlights: Ding Junhui win-win in one-day doubles, narrowly defeating Liu Hongyu and keeping Leclerc a clean sheet

After Ding Junhui postponed the qualification round to eliminate Luca, he took a day off to face China's newly promoted professional Liu Hongyu in the first round of the main draw.

In the first game, Ding Junhui won many times. In the second game, Ding Junhui caught Liu Hongyu'an's global mistake and made a second shot, and the beautiful clearing was 2-0. In the next two games, Liu Hongyu played an offensive feeling, with a single 70+ and a single 100 to tie. In the 5th game, the two sides fought on the last red ball, and finally Ding Junhui shot a long platform with a ridiculous walk, and Liu Hongyu arrived at the match point 3-2. In the 6th game, Ding Junhui gave two pocket chances, but Liu Hongyu failed to seize the scoring opportunity; After Liu Hongyu's powder ball error, Ding Junhui showed his delicate ball kung fu at his peak, and scored an equalizer with a 67-point shot. In the tiebreaker, Ding Junhui's high-quality defense won the opportunity, and a single shot of 56 points established the advantage; After that, Ding Junhui made a mistake on the long stage to give the opportunity, Liu Hongyu still failed to seize the opportunity to chase the score, and after the red ball error, Ding Junhui made a second shot to end the game.

In this game, Ding Junhui's overall performance was acceptable, but he was short and long, and sometimes he ran outrageously.

In the early hours of the morning, Ding Junhui played again against last season's best rookie and tall Belgian player Julian Leclerc. The young man has accuracy in a single ball, the ball is fast, but the position is more casual, and when the state is good, there is lethality, but as soon as the accuracy is off, the game is difficult. Ding Junhui won the second game with a single 59. In the third game, Ding Junhui missed a chance to win, then Leclerc missed two scoring chances, and Ding Junhui scored the last red ball to play again, 3-0. In the fourth game, Leclerc made a mistake on the coffee ball, and Ding Junhui smiled and gave a big gift, and ended the game with a 59 shot to advance to the round of 16.

In these two games, Director Ding's state is average. In the early hours of tomorrow morning, Ding Junhui will face Kim's left-hand Williams and will have to improve his form a little.

2. In the remaining matches of the first round of the main draw, Higgins was upset, and Fan Zhengyi and He Guoqiang advanced

(1) Chinese players

Fan scored one or two 50+ to beat Ross Muir 4-1; He Guoqiang broke 100 shots and shot 60, 4-1 to defeat Asif.

In the match between Tian Pengfei and Selby, Tian Pengfei broke 100 to lead 2-0, but after that, Tian Pengfei lost consecutive points. Master Cyprus 3 par 50+, 3-2 to the match point. In the 6th game, Tian Pengfei scored 60 points with a single shot, lost the super green ball in the grappling, and was finally reversed by 2 points by Master Sai, unfortunately unable to drag the game into the tiebreaker.

So far, in the first round of the main competition, 12 Chinese players played, Ding Junhui, Si Jiahui, Fan Zhengyi, Xiao Guodong, Yuan Sijun, He Guoqiang and Ma Hailong, 7 people advanced to the round of 32.

（2）TOP16

The first to play was defending champion Ryan Day who beat Malaysia's Tu Zhenlong 4-1.

Higgins then played against Robbie Williams, the opponent was bursting with feelings, scoring a success rate of 98%, in the first three games, Robbie scored a single 73, 91, 52 points, 3-0; Higgins broke 100 to save a match point; Robbie then scored a hundred to end the game, and Higgins was eliminated.

Brother Wilson and Allen internal consumption, Brother Brother hit 147 in the first game, stopping the 15th set of red balls; In the second game, it broke 100 again, and finally Brother Lu kept Allen 4-0.

(The arena was hot, so Brother Ji put on gloves to fight.) ）

The current top 16 players in the world (15), plus the two top 16 seeds (according to the world ranking after the Champions League, including Gary Wilson and Wafi), a total of 17 players, after two rounds (including qualifying), 7 have died, four of which were consumed internally; Of the top eight players in the world, only Master Cyprus and Brother Cyprus remained.

3. In the second round of the main match, Ma Hailong brushed his record to reach the round of 16, and Makat Sr. advanced

In the early hours of the morning, the second round of the main draw was 32 to 16.

Yuan Sijun, who came on the court in the first period, shot two 50+ and lost 2-4 to Hussein Wafi, who shot four 50+. Ma Hailong faced Hamad Mia, who eliminated Xiaote in the last round, and the opponent completely lost his form when playing Xiaote, and the two fought until the tiebreaker, when the match for Ding Junhui, who played in the second period of the morning, was over. In the tiebreaker, Ma Hailong missed a chance to win, and after some fighting, Ma Hailong scored the last red ball to win the game. Ma Hailong's next match will be the winner between Fan Zhengyi and Lawler.

He Guoqiang's game started relatively late. At press time, He Guoqiang led Linens Jr. 2-1.

TOP16, two games of internal attrition, Jin's left-hand Ma Wei against Gowelson, Lao Ma in the fourth game of a reversal to tie, then two games piecemeal to win, 4-2 advance. Captain Carter knocked out defending champion Ryan Day 4-2, with the pair scoring just one 50+.

4. Today's schedule, Si Jia Hui fights the master of the Sai, Ding Junhui fights the old horse

The evening session is the remaining match of the second round of the main draw; The next morning, the three rounds of the main draw were 16-8.

◆September 28, 8 p.m. Beijing time:

Kyren Wilson v Hawkins

Xiao Guodong v Lin Shanfeng

Gilbert v Chadhar

Robbie Williams v Donaldson

◆No earlier than 9 p.m.:

Selby v Jia Hui

Lisovsky v Sert

Fan Zhengyi v Rod Lawler

Ford v Jimmy Robertson

◆2 and 3 am the next day: (Except for Ding Junhui, the specific time of the rest of the sessions is to be determined.) ）

Ding Junhui v Mark Williams

Hawkins v Brother Wilson v He Guoqiang/Linens Jr

Wafi v Dort

Ma Hailong v Fan Zhengyi/Lawler

Carter v Xiao Guodong/Lin Shanfeng

Ford/Jimmy Robertson v Donaldson/Robbie Williams

Selby/Scarlet v Gilbert/Chadhar

Lisovsky/Sert v O'Brien

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