On January 9, Beijing time, the first round of the 2024 Snooker Masters 1/8 finals continued, Ding Junhui and O'Sullivan ushered in the 33rd "Ding Olympics", and it was also the fourth time in more than 1 month, the ranking match was in the final of the British Championships, and the two invitational tournaments with a large performance were in Macau and Lhasa, the most recent was on the night of the New Year's Day, witnessed by the mayor of Lhasa, Ding Junhui played a wave of five consecutive whips and reversed 6-5 to win the championship after falling behind 1-5.
Ding Junhui has participated in the Masters 18 times in his career, and is tied for second place with Neil Robertson in the "80 Five Tigers", and Murphy, the winner of the Grand Slam in a single lap, has the most 20 times, Selby has 17 times, and Trump has the least 13 times. Among them, Selby has the most three crowns, Neil Robertson has 2 crowns and 2 runners-up, Trump has 2 crowns, and Ding Junhui and Murphy are all one champion and one runner-up.
"75 Three Heroes" unsurprisingly occupies the top 3 of the number of entries, but the leader is Higgins 30 times, O'Sullivan 29 times, Mark Williams 26 times third, but the number of champions O'Sullivan 7 crowns is far ahead, Higgins and Uncle Ma are 2 crowns. The trio's first championship years were '95, '99 and '98. Last year, Uncle Ma reached the final again, but it was 20 years later, losing to Trump 8-10. Higgins' last final was in 2021, losing 8-10 to Yan Bingtao.
There have been 6 Chinese players in the Masters, Ding Junhui has the best performance in one championship and one runner-up, and his first final was 3-10 defeat to O'Sullivan in 2007 and 10-4 Fu Jiajun in the final in 2011. Yan Bingtao won the championship in his debut, and Fu Jiajun was a sub-Asia. Zhang Anda, Zhao Xintong, and Liang Wenbo are all in one round.
In this matchup, in the first three games, Ding Junhui had a lot of mobile phone skills, although he scored 27/37/32 points, but they were all piecemeal and failed to win, the rocket scored 67 points in a single stroke in the first game, won the fight in the second game, and scored 87 points in a single stroke after falling behind in the third game 0-32 to achieve a single-game reversal. The fourth game was also a one-shot win and a clean sheet, breaking 106 points in a single stroke. Ding Junhui fell behind 0-4, the success rate of the long platform was only 50%, and the success rate of hitting the ball was only 85%, both of which were significantly behind.
After halftime, Ding Junhui played a single stroke of 50+ in three consecutive games to win three games in a row, and in the fifth game, O'Sullivan made a mistake with a red ball on the side, and Ding Junhui received a gift and scored 56 points in a single stroke to achieve a 61-59 single-game limit reversal. In the sixth game, a single stroke of 92 points won with a clean sheet. In the seventh game, a single stroke was 147! This almost detonated the audience, and the applause was thunderous! Thousands of miles away, the Chinese people were all rejoicing, and instantly ranked first in the hot search!
This is Ding Junhui's second shot of 147 in seven years! It is the second shot of the personal Masters, the last time he was only 19 years old, it was the first shot of 147 since the TV broadcast record, and the second single stroke of the Masters 147, and now it is the fourth shot in the history of the Masters, three of which belong to Chinese players, and he has made two shots alone, and is the first person in the history of the Masters! The seventh shot of his personal career, ranking 7th in history, ranking 15 in Ronnie O'Sullivan, 12 in John Higgins, Stephen Hendry, 11 shots, Stuart Brown. Bingham shot a nine, Judd Trump shot an eight, and Shaun Murphy shot an eight.
In the eighth game, Ding Junhui's hand did not continue, the red ball mistake was left in the bag, O'Sullivan scored 127 points in a single stroke to win, and took the lead in winning the match point 5-3. In the ninth game, Ding Junhui didn't score a point, and O'Sullivan scored 93 points in a single stroke and advanced to the quarterfinals 6-3.
"Chinese Dragon" Ding Junhui appeared in this game BGM is Jay Chou's "Dragon Fist" - my right fist opened the sky and turned into a dragon/The heart of the earth is surging and beating restlessly/There is only one expression left in the world / Waiting for the hero, I am the dragon! The lyrics are appropriate, O'Sullivan accepted a brief interview with the host after the game, and almost every sentence was inseparable from Ding Junhui, saying that his 147 is incredible! #My Favorite Sport##2024 Snooker Masters#