On March 22, the 2024 World Snooker Tour World Open will be held in Yushan, Jiangxi Province for the quarterfinals, Chinese star Ding Junhui continues to break through the mode, after defeating England's Murphy 5-3 last night, he will usher in another old opponent tonight, Iranian star Hussein Vafi, who defeated the world No. 1 O'Sullivan 5-4 yesterday and advanced to the top 8. Ding Junhui and Wafei faced off, continuing the battle of honor at home, but also a battle of revenge, in the first round of the World Championships last year, Ding Junhui was upset by Wafei and suffered a round of tours.
The World Open was resumed after nearly 5 years after 2019, and the Chinese players played at home, but the overall performance was not good, only Ding Junhui advanced to the round of 16, and the others lost one after another. Ding Junhui faced England's "magician" Murphy yesterday, which was also a tough battle, because Ding Junhui had not defeated Murphy for nearly 11 years. In the game, Ding Junhui continued his outstanding performance in the previous games, and finally scored 1 shot to break 100, 4 strokes of 60+ gorgeous data, and a big score of 5-3 to defeat Murphy who broke 100 with 2 shots, and at the same time, he also advanced to the top 8 strongly.
Ding Junhui's 1/4 final opponent is Iranian star Vafi, who is currently ranked 21st in the world and has reached the top 4 of the ranking tournament twice this season, because of his grudge with O'Sullivan, which made him famous. And yesterday in the 1/8 finals, he once again defeated O'Sullivan in the deciding game by virtue of clearing the table and only 1 point advantage, and once again staged a magical moment. In terms of the record of Wafei and Ding Junhui, it is even more dominant, with a total of 3 previous encounters, Wafei has an advantage of 2 wins and 1 loss, and the last two encounters are two consecutive wins. In the first round of last year's World Championships, Wafei upset Ding Junhui 10-6 and sent the latter a humiliating round.
At half past seven tonight, Ding Junhui and Wafei's grievance showdown, who can win will advance to the top 4. For Ding Junhui, this is a revenge battle at home, and it is also an opportunity to strive for the championship again at home. The other three quarter-final matches, Trump vs. Kyren Wilson in the first half, Page vs. Slesser, and the other game in the second half is Robertson vs. Hawkins. In other words, the winner of Ding Junhui and Wafei will face the winner between Robertson and Hawkins in the semifinals.