On December 14, Beijing time, it was reported that the 2023 Snooker Scottish Open took the lead in 8 third-round competitions, and Ding Junhui led 4 Chinese players to take the lead. Ding Junhui was very sorry, after saving the match point, he was still killed by Tom Ford with a total score of 3-4, and he was knocked out of the game with a single shot breaking 100, and unfortunately missed the top 16. Pang Junxu lost 2-4 to McGill. Lu Haotian defeated Liu Hongyu 4-2 in a derby, and the 19-year-old Chinese dark horse Liu Hongyu stopped in the third round. It is worth mentioning that among the eight 1/16 finals that ended first, the three top 10 were all upset: Brecel 2-4 Martin Odnair, Selby 3-4 Matthew Selt, Ali Carter 2-4 Sancam.
In this season's Snooker British Championship, Ding Junhui just had a fight with Tom Ford, when Ding Junhui won 6-3. With a total career record, Ding Junhui has an overwhelming advantage of 9 wins and 2 losses against Tom Ford, and Ding Junhui has won a wave of 8 consecutive victories against Tom Ford. In all respects, Ding Junhui is optimistic, and he is very hopeful of winning 9 consecutive victories against Tom Ford in this Scottish Open to reach the round of 16, and even impact the final championship, because the world's top 10 have basically been eliminated, and only Kyren Wilson is currently ranked higher than Ding Junhui in the draw.
In the first game of the opening game, Tom Ford took the lead in scoring 105 points to win with one stroke, and Ding Junhui immediately replied to his opponent in the second game with 118 points! In the third game, Ding Junhui scored 71 points in a single stroke, winning two consecutive games with a clean sheet, and the total score was 2-1. In the fourth game, Tom Ford seized the opportunity to score 64 points in a single stroke and equalized the total game score. The fifth game is very critical, and the game is relatively stale, Tom Ford took the lead in establishing a score advantage, Ding Junhui got the opportunity to chase points through defense, but unfortunately in the last two color ball scrambles, Ding Junhui was defeated, and the single-game reversal fell short, Tom Ford won the fifth game 66-52 and took the lead in getting the match point with a total score of 3-2. In the sixth game, Ding Junhui scored 54 points in a single stroke to save the match point. In the deciding game, Tom Ford scored a super score on the long platform!
Professional newcomer Liu Hongyu has been upset and has become one of the dark horses of this year's Scottish Open, but in the competition for tickets to the top 16 in this round, Liu Hongyu lost to compatriot Lu Haotian and unfortunately stopped. In the first game, Liu Hongyu won 64-56. Lu Haotian then scored 92 points in a single stroke and won two games in a row to overtake 2-1. In the fourth game, Liu Hongyu won and equalized the total game score. In the fifth game, Lu Haotian scored 50 points with a single stroke and won the first match point 74-20. In the sixth game, Lu Haotian won again 66-14, thus eliminating Liu Hongyu with a total score of 4-2 to advance to the round of 16 of this Scottish Open.
In the next round, Lu Haotian will compete with world champion Higgins for a ticket to the top 8, and world No. 12 Higgins narrowly defeated Richie Wharton 4-3 in this round.