On December 14, 2023, Beijing time, the Snooker Scottish Open continued. There will be a 1/16 match on this match day, and Pang Junxu and Ding Junhui of the Chinese Army will take the lead in competing for the top 16 seats. In the previous game, Pang Junxu was out of McGill 2:4, world champions Brecel and Selby were upset, and Ali Carter was out of the game 2:4. At present, the only seeded players are Higgins, Ding Junhui, Zhang Anda and Kairen Wilson, and the following are the details of this match day on 1/16.
Kyren Wilson vs Murphy
Ding Junhui 3:4 Tom Forde
Ding Junhui, ranked 11th in the world, is the highest-ranked player in the Chinese army and the best player in China and even Asia. Ding Junhui has won 14 ranking championships in his career, but unfortunately the number of titles won has not been updated after winning the British Championships in 2019. Last season, Ding Junhui won the runner-up in the British Championship and the six-ball world championship, but his performance in other competitions was not satisfactory. At the beginning of this season, Ding Junhui broke into the quarterfinals of the competition three times, and then passed all the way in the British Championships, and Mark Allen, Mark Williams and Trump advanced to the finals, and finally lost to O'Sullivan 7:10 and became the runner-up.
Ding
Tom Forde is ranked 18th, and has reached the finals of ranking tournaments such as the German Masters of Snooker in his career, but unfortunately his mentality is easily affected, like Chinese player Zhou Yuelong, who has a glass mentality, and the game is often reversed. In the three major British Championships, Tom Forde has reached the semi-finals twice. After this season, Tom Forde performed steadily, reaching the top 8 of the British Open and Wuhan Open in a row, and reached the final of the Snooker National Championship, and finally lost to Zhang Anda and was the runner-up. Ding Junhui and Tom Ford have played each other 11 times in history, and Ding Junhui has an absolute advantage of 9 wins and 2 losses, and has achieved 8 consecutive wins.
Tom Ford vs Ding Junhui
At the beginning of the game, in the first game, Ding Junhui took the lead and made a mistake with 21 points in a single stroke. Tom Forde picked up the leak and scored 105 points in a single stroke to get off to a good start. In the second game, Ding Junhui broke 118 points with a single stroke. In the third game, Ding Junhui scored 71 points in a single stroke and then went to the next game, leading 2:1. In the fourth game, Tom Ford scored 64 points in a single stroke to pull back a game. In the fifth game, Ding Junhui had a chance to win the game, but unfortunately he lost the key super-score pink ball, and Tom Ford won the game 66:52, and the big score was 3:2 to take the lead in winning the match point. In the sixth game, Ding Junhui scored 54 points with a single stroke, saved a match point with 91:0, and dragged the game into a tiebreaker. In the seventh game, Tom Ford got started, won the game with a single stroke of 81 points, and eliminated Ding Junhui with a score of 4:3 to advance to the round of 16.
Liu Hongyu 2:4 Lu Haotian
The 19-year-old Liu Hongyu entered the professional field for the first time this season and performed well, upsetting "Magic" Shaun Murphy, "75 Three" Mark Williams and Ding Junhui in the English Open, successfully advancing to the semi-finals, ranking 51st in a single season. In the qualifying round of this competition, he played against seeded player Shaun Murphy again, and finally Liu Hongyu upset Murphy again 4:2 to advance, achieving two consecutive victories.
Zhang Anda
Teenager Lu Haotian's previous results have been tepid, and the world ranking is stable at around 40. After entering this season, he went all the way to the semi-finals of the Wuhan Open, setting a career best in the ranking tournament and ranking 9th in the world in the latest single season.
Liu Hongyu vs Lu Haotian
At the beginning of the game, in the first game, Liu Hongyu won the first game 64:56 and got off to a good start. In the second game, Lu Haotian scored 92 points in a single stroke and also colored. In the third game, Lu Haotian scored many times, and finally won the next game with 69:32. In the fourth game, Liu Hongyu pulled back a game with 89:26, and the big score was tied 2:2. In the fifth game, Lu Haotian scored 50 points in a single stroke, and took the lead in winning the match point with a big score of 3:2. In the sixth game, Lu Haotian scored many times, and finally won the game 66:14, and advanced to the round of 16 with a big score of 4:2.
Higgins 4:3 Ricky Walton
Higgins, the "75 Greats", has won 31 ranking tournaments in his career and has 24 runner-up titles, including three World Championships, the most valuable of which are the most golden. Known as "The Wizard" by fans, Higgins is widely regarded as the best player in the world for his ball-handling abilities. After the start of this season, O'Sullivan won the Shanghai Masters, Mark Williams won the British Open, although Higgins did not win the championship, but continued to reach the semifinals of the European Masters and the English Open, and his performance was remarkable.
Higgins
Ricky Walton is ranked 24th in the world and has won ranking tournaments such as the Shanghai Masters in his career. At the beginning of the game, in the first game, Ricky Walton won the first game with a single stroke of 75 points. In the second game, Higgins scored 81 points in a single stroke to counterattack. In the third game, Higgins scored 51 points in a single stroke, but unfortunately the key ball was wrong, and Ricky Walton achieved a single-game reversal with 67:61. Subsequently, Higgins scored 55 and 55 points in a single stroke, and won two games in a row, with a big score of 3:2 to take the lead in the match point. In the sixth game, Ricky Walton scored several times to save a match point at 60:3.
John Higgins vs Ricky Walton