World Open: Miserable! 8 people played, and only Ding Junhui advanced to the round of 16 and fought against the magician in the next round

On the evening of March 20, Beijing time, the 2024 Snooker Yushan World Open ended the third day of the competition and produced all the top 16.

1. Chinese players: win, lose, Ding Junhui reached the top 16 alone

China's first brother Ding Junhui played on the No. 1 stage in the afternoon game to face Cao Yupeng. Ding Junhui changed the slow start of the first two games, and showed a good offensive touch when he came up. In the first game, Ding Junhui seized Cao Yupeng's mistake, spelled into the red ball pocket, and broke the 100-clear platform with one shot. In the second game, snooker got a chance, and Ding Junhui added another shot to break the 100-clearing platform. In the third game, Ding Junhui scored 71 points to complete the overscore. In the 4th game, Ding Junhui won many times and won 4 games in a row.

After a short break, Cao Yupeng scored 68 points in a single stroke and pulled back a city. In the 6th game, Ding Junhui seized Cao Yupeng's mistake and blasted out the third shot of the game to break 100, ending the battle quickly 5-1.

After Ding Junhui won, the Chinese players who appeared afterwards were in mourning.

Lu Haotian lost to O'Sullivan, and Fan Zhengyi challenged defending champion Trump, chasing 0-3 to 2-3, and finally lost 3-5. Yuan Sijun played 4 shots of 50+ against Artillery Robertson, but lost the game 2-5, including two games of 50+ and failed to win the game. Long Zehuang shot two shots to break 100, and lost 2-5 to Selby, who shot out two shots of 136. Wu Yize lost 3-5 to Jackson Page, who eliminated Higgins, and Wu Yize had no other single-stroke 50+ performance except for breaking 100 in one stroke.

The match between China's new He Guoqiang and Wells ended at the latest, and there was still no good news, He Guoqiang shot 70+ twice, lost 4 games in a row after 3-1, and suffered a reversal 3-5.

8 people fought and all the foreign battles were defeated, and Director Ding became the hope of the whole village. After winning two Chinese derbies in a row and advancing to the round of 16, Ding Junhui's next game is definitely a tough battle, PK Murphy, the two have played each other 23 times in history, Ding Junhui has 8 wins, 1 draw and 14 losses, and the two have not played each other for more than 4 years. But since playing the 2014 Masters, Ding Junhui has not won against Murphy, losing 5 in a row. And Murphy won Joe Perry's game, and also shot 3 shots to break 100, plus 3 shots of 50+.

In addition, the positions of the two on the all-time 100 list are very close, Ding Junhui broke 100 with 657 strokes, 7th in history, and Murphy 653 strokes, 8th in history.

2. TOP16：火箭晋级，世锦赛冠军翻车，8人晋级16强

Rocket O'Sullivan played against Lu Haotian in the evening, the rocket hit two shots of 60+, and Lu Haotian played a single stroke of 80+ in the fourth game, and the first four games of the two sides were tied at 2. After returning from a short break, the Rockets turned over their pockets in the 5th game and broke 100 in one shot (the total number of Rockets breaking 100 was 1253). In the 6th game, the best chance to win, Lu Haotian lost the yellow ball. In the 7th game, Lu Haotian only opened a shot and it was gone, and the rocket scored 96 points in one shot, won 3 games in a row, and ended the game 5-2.

World champion Luca lost 5-1 to Harry Maguire. Luka has not scored anything in the ranking tournament this season, and he has not even entered the semifinals. Luca is counting on the World Championships now, but it is easier said than done to replicate the legend of the World Championships, not to mention the Crucible curse hanging over his head.

Milkins lost 5-2 to Wafai, who continued to keep his hopes of attacking the Tour Championship ticket, but had to pass Mr. Huo in the next round, and then Murphy or Ding Junhui. Carter lost 5-1 to Wakelin, who wanted to get a ticket to the Tour Championship and have to reach the final.

Now in the round of 16, there are still 8 top 16 seeded players in the tournament.

3. Draw and schedule

Today, the main competition will start three rounds (16 into 8). Rocket played in the afternoon, and Ding Junhui played in the evening. The specific schedule is as follows:

◆ March 21, 2:30 p.m. Beijing time:

O'Sullivan v Wafi

Trump v Lilly

Kyren Wilson v Wollaston

Hawkins v Maguire

7:30 p.m.:

Ding Junhui v Murphy

Selby V. Page

Robertson v Wakelin

Slesser v Wells