You know you like to watch the Ding Olympics, and their showdown is here again, and this time guess who will win
On the evening of the 19th Beijing time, the two key 8 battles of the 2024 Snooker Grand Prix ended, and the dust settled on the four players who finally entered the semifinals, they are Trump, Cao Yupeng, O'Sullivan, and Ding Junhui.
Ding
On the night of the 19th, one of the top 8 matches was Gary Wilson, ranked 17th, and Ronnie O'Sullivan, ranked No. 1. In the first game of the two sides, Gary Wilson took the lead and won the score of 67-57. But from the second game onwards, Ronnie O'Sullivan didn't give him a chance, and scored 98-1, 129-0, 84-1, 57-55, 122-6 against Gary Wilson, winning five straight whips with lightning speed. In the end, Ronnie O'Sullivan eliminated Gary Wilson with an aggregate score of 5-1 to advance to the semifinals. O'Sullivan played Ronnie O'Sullivan with 4 shots of 50+, and hit a big shot of 129 points to break 100.
O'sullivan
The other battle in the top 8 is the civil war between Zhang Anda, who is ranked 13th, and Ding Junhui, who is ranked 11th. In the first game, Zhang Anda won with a score of 76-43. Entering the second game, Ding Junhui also recovered a game with a score of 76-50 and equalized the score. Then in the third game, Ding Junhui scored the first shot of the game to break 100 points and clean up Zhang Anda, rewriting the score to 2-1 to overtake Zhang Anda. In the fourth game, the two sides played very close and thrilling, and finally Ding Junhui narrowly won with a one-point advantage of 67-66. Zhang Anda failed to equalize the score in this game, making this game a key turning point in the game.
Zhang Anda
In the fifth game, Ding Junhui won with a score of 74-15, further expanding the score to 4-1 and taking the lead in getting the match point. Although Zhang Anda scored 101 points in the 6th game and scored 101 points with a score of 101-26, Ding Junhui did not give Zhang Anda too many chances in the 7th game, he scored 74 points in a single stroke and ended the game with a score of 76-8. In the end, Ding Junhui eliminated Zhang Anda with a total score of 5-2 and joined hands with Cao Yupeng to advance to the semifinals. After Ding Junhui advances, he will face O'Sullivan in the semifinals, and their match will be played at 3 am on the 21st. And Cao Yupeng, who also advanced to the semifinals the day before, took the lead in competing with Trump for a ticket to the final.
Ding
Not long ago, Ding Junhui played 147 against O'Sullivan in the first round of the Masters, but lost to O'Sullivan in the first round, who do you think will win this time?
2024 Masters Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Ding Junhui 6-3 in the round of 16
In the 2023 British Championship, Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Ding Junhui 10-7 in the final
2023 6 Red Ball World Championship Ding Junhui defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-2 in the round of 16
In the 2022 British Championship, Ding Junhui defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-0 in the round of 8
2022 Welsh Open Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Ding Junhui 4-2 in the round of 32
In the 7th group stage of the 2022 Champions League, Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Ding Junhui 3-2
In the 2021 Players Championship, Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Ding Junhui 6-5 in the round of 16
2021 Masters Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Ding Junhui 6-5 in the round of 16
2020 Scottish Open Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Ding Junhui 5-4 in the quarterfinals
2020 Northern Ireland Open Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Ding Junhui 5-2 in the quarterfinals
2020 World Championships Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Ding Junhui 13-10 in the round of 16
In the 2019 British Championships, Ding Junhui defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-4 in the round of 16
2019 Masters Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Ding Junhui 6-3 in the semifinals
In the 2018 Players Championship, Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Ding Junhui 6-3 in the round of 8
2018 World Grand Prix Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Ding Junhui 10-3 in the final
In the 2017 World Championships, Ding Junhui defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 13-10 in the quarterfinals