On December 14, 2023, Beijing time, in the second round of the just-concluded World Snooker Scottish Open, Chinese brother Ding Junhui and the powerful Tom Ford ushered in the 12th meeting of their careers.
In this game, although Ding Junhui played a very strong competitive state, he was upset because of a mistake in the tiebreaker. After seven rounds of competition, Ding Junhui lost to Tomford 3-4 with 118 points, 71 points, and 54 points in a single stroke and failed to advance to the round of 16.
This denied Ding Junhui the chance to beat Tomford for the ninth time in a row, but Ding Junhui completed the milestone of breaking 100 in 13 consecutive games. Next, Tomford will face Martin O'Donnell for the final quarter-final spot.
Ding Junhui broke 100 with a single shot and drew 1-1 with Tom Ford
In the first game, Tomford took the lead in making a serious mistake in the game and left Ding Junhui with an offensive opportunity for the red ball in the right bottom pocket. Ding Junhui seized the opportunity to score a red ball and successfully got a layup opportunity, but he made a mistake after scoring 21 points.
Subsequently, Tom Ford seized the opportunity to hire Jin Yuantai Red Ball and successfully got the upper hand, and scored 105 points with a single stroke to win the game 105:21, successfully taking a 1-0 lead and taking the lead.
In the second game, Ding Junhui took the lead in scoring the red ball and chose to defend simply because of poor calling, and Tom Ford made a mistake in defense. Ding Junhui scored the red ball in the right bottom pocket and successfully got the upper hand, and scored 118 points with a single shot to win the game 119:0 to win the game and draw 1-1 with Tom Ford.
Tom Ford pulled one back to draw 2-2 with Ding Junhui
In the third game, Tom Ford made a mistake in trying to attack, and Ding Junhui seized the opportunity to fight into the red ball in the bottom pocket on the right side and successfully got a layup, but he only scored 23 points before interrupting the attack because of the unsatisfactory effect of the K ball.
Tomford made a mistake in trying to defend the thin red ball, Ding Junhui scored the red ball in the bottom pocket on the right side to get the upper hand again, and won the game 94-0 through a single-shot performance of 71 points, thus overtaking Tomford 2-1 to take the lead for the first time.
In the fourth game, Tom Ford scored a red ball with a flip in the bag and successfully won the layup, but he only scored 4 points before he made a call error. Ding Junhui chose the cue ball to sink to the top of the vault to defend, and Tom Ford made a defensive error.
Ding Junhui scored the red ball and lost the black ball, Tom Ford scored the red ball to get started, and finally won the game 69:29 with a single-stroke performance of 64 points, and drew 2-2 with Ding Junhui.
Ding Junhui missed a good opportunity to lose 3-4 to Tom Ford
In the fifth game, Tom Ford scored the red ball first, and then chose to defend due to poor calling. Ding Junhui's red ball into the bottom pocket on the right side successfully won the upper hand, but he only scored 10 points and made a mistake.
Tom Ford scored 6 points on the red ball in the right bottom pocket, and Ding Junhui scored 14 points on the red ball in the right bottom pocket and made another mistake. Tom Ford scored 53 points on two shots to complete the overscore.
Although Ding Junhui once had a chance to complete the overtake, his mistake at the critical moment still allowed Tom Ford to win the game with a performance of 67:52 and take the lead 3-2 to get the match point.
In the sixth game, Ding Junhui seized the opportunity of Tomford's mistake to score a red ball, and scored 54 points with a single shot to win the game 91:0 and draw 3-3 with Tomford. In the seventh game, Tom Ford scored 81 points in a single stroke to win the game, and beat Ding Junhui 4-3 to advance.