5-0!Ding Junhui swept O'Sullivan's terminator, advanced to the semifinals, and fought the snooker world champion again
On March 22, 2024, Beijing time, the Snooker World Open ended the quarterfinals, and the Chinese star Ding Junhui felt hot, hitting two shots to break 100, two 70+, and two single-game reversals, sweeping Hussein Wafi 5-0 and advancing to the semifinals. Wafei finished O'Sullivan in the last round, but he had a mediocre hand in the face of Ding Junhui, and it was difficult to shake the fiery Ding Junhui, who advanced to the semifinals, and Ding Junhui, who advanced to the semifinals, will face world champion Neil Robertson in the semifinals.
In this competition, only Ding Junhui of Chinese snooker reached the top 16, and he fought alone and showed a very good competitive state. In the 1/8 finals, Ding Junhui eliminated Shaun Murphy, which was the first time Ding Junhui defeated Shaun Murphy in nearly ten years. In the 1/4 finals, Ding Junhui met Hussein Wafei, who eliminated O'Sullivan 5-4 in the last round, full of confidence, and Ding Junhui lost to Wafei in the World Championships last season, it can be said that Wafei has an advantage at the psychological level.
However, Ding Junhui continued his excellent feel and scored 73 points in a single stroke as soon as he came up. In the second game, Ding Junhui completed the reversal when Wafei scored 64 points in a single stroke, and won the second game with 74 points in a single stroke. In the third game, Ding Junhui once hit the full score stroke, but unfortunately it fell short, but Ding Junhui still scored 135 points in a single stroke, which was unstoppable. In the fourth game, it was another reversal, Wafei scored 50 points in a single stroke, but Ding Junhui got the match point 59-51.
Ding Junhui once again broke 100 with a single stroke, and locked the victory with 102 points in a single stroke, and swept Hussein Wafei with a big score of 5-0 and advanced to the semifinals. In the face of Ding Junhui's strong offensive firepower, Wafei was helpless, and failed to go further after eliminating O'Sullivan and stopped in the quarterfinals.
Ding Junhui, who advanced to the semifinals, will face Neil Robertson in the semifinals, world champion Neil Robertson is in good shape, and faces Barry Hawkins in the quarterfinals, Neil Robertson scored 127 points and 115 points in a single stroke, and two 87 points and one 79 points, defeating Barry Hawkins 5-2 and finally entering the semifinals of the ranking tournament. It should be said that Ding Junhui and Neil Robertson's offensive form is excellent, and the key to direct dialogue is to see who makes fewer mistakes.
In addition, the defending champion Trump hit three shots of 50+ to eliminate Kyren Wilson 5-2. Trump will face dark horse Jackson Page in the semifinals, who scored 140 points in a single stroke, plus four 70+ strokes, eliminated Slesser 5-2, and reached the top four of the ranking tournament for the first time in his career. As a disciple of Mark Williams, Jackson Page finally cashed in on his talent.
The semifinals will be held on the next match day, first Trump vs. Jackson Page, and then Ding Junhui vs. Neil Robertson, I hope Ding Junhui will continue to work hard and strive to break the championship drought at home for nearly 5 years!