TOP147.com News On the evening of September 6, 2018, Ding Junhui, who scored a 75-pointer in the first round of a single defeat and beat former world champion Dortmund 6-3, beat Wattana 6-2 in the new and old Asian king showdown, becoming the first player to reach the final four of this year's 6 Red Ball World Championship.
In the first round of the single-loss stage that took the lead at noon and afternoon today, China's Long Ding Junhui was in good shape, completing a single shot of 75 points and beating the previous champion Dort 6-3 at the same time, becoming the first player to reach the quarterfinals. Bingham, Wilson and Brechel also scored fu Jiajun, McGill and Ryan Day to reach the quarterfinals. The world's no. 1 Selby and China's zhou Yuelong both lost 5-6 to their opponents and announced that they were out, and the latter was overturned by Wattana in the case of as many as three super points, which also made the 1/4 final China derby a bubble. Defending champion Williams was blocked by former UAE pro Mohammed Shehab 6-3.
The quarter-finals are staged at 19:30 in the evening. Ding Junhui and Wattana began a showdown between the old and new Asian champions. In the first set of the game, both sides in general appearance appeared to be more cautious, which also made the situation quite trivial, and the old hot Wattana seized the last two red ball opportunities to clear the table, 43-16 first. In the second set, Wattana won the red ball in the bag, and after scoring 8 points, he tried the red ball again and missed the bag. After a brief standoff, Wattana pushed the red ball of the bag and left a chance, and Ding Junhui seized the opportunity to directly complete the single 60-point clearance performance to tie the score.
In the third set, Ding Junhui scored a red ball from the far table and made a mistake when attacking the black ball K red ball pile, but Wattana also lost his hand in pushing the red ball in the middle of the bag and the red ball near the far bottom bag, and Ding Junhui, who had another opportunity, scored a 61 point again to clear the stage and surpass the score 2-1. In the fourth set, Wattana made a defensive mistake in the opening stage, Ding Junhui scored 34 points and then used the powder ball to defend the last red ball, Wattana solved the ball and leaked again, Ding Junhui easily cleared the stage, 3-1 to pull the big score difference.
In the fifth set, Wattana scored only 5 points after scoring a red ball on the far table, and then lost a simple red ball and stopped it at the mouth of the bag, Ding Junhui scored a red ball and failed to call the black ball and was forced to turn to defense. In the defensive match, Ding Junhui broke the deadlock with a red ball from the table, scoring 44 points in one shot and continuing to lead 4-1. In the sixth set, Wattana broke through first in the stalemate stage, but only scored 7 points to make a mistake when he reversed the bottom bag of the red ball, and Ding Junhui, who was quite accurate, thinly entered the bottom bag of the large-angle red ball, and steadily closed to the pink ball, winning a large number of match points 5-1.
In the seventh set, the desperate Wattana finally showed off his style and seized the not-so-good opportunity to score 36 points. Ding Junhui tried to save the middle bag opportunity with the last red ball defense, and Wattana cleared the stage to save a match point 2-5. In the eighth inning, Wattana, who ate the first red ball, failed to seize the opportunity of Ding Junhui's 4-point penalty, and the red ball that was not difficult to attack lost, and Ding Junhui scored a 35-pointer. Unwilling to give up, Wattana tried to defend many times and then Ding Junhui scored a green ball to win, winning 6-2 and taking the lead to advance to the final four.
As of press time, the remaining three quarter-finals are still in progress, and the final result can be clicked on the bottom left to see more to view the signing form.