On the evening of March 23, Beijing time, in the second semi-final of the 2024 Snooker World Open, Ding Junhui played against Neil Robertson, and in the end, Ding Junhui advanced to the final with a 6-5 stunner, in which the tiebreaker staged a good reversal, which was really thrilling. In the final, Ding Junhui PK Trump competed for the championship.
The No. 11 seed and China's first brother Ding Junhui defeated Zach Schulty 5-3 in the postponed qualifying round, the latter played a single stroke of 147 and was still out, and then beat Liu Hongyu 5-2 in a row, Cao Yupeng 5-1, Shaun Murphy 5-3, and Hussein Vafi 5-0, still has a high gold content, especially the strong dialogue with Murphy, which is also Ding Junhui's second defeat to Murphy after more than 10 years.
Robertson, the No. 7 seed, got rid of his previous slump and was in excellent form in this tournament, winning 5-0 in the qualifying round and entering the main draw, eliminating Tian Pengfei 5-3, Yuan Sijun 5-2, Chris Walklin 5-1 and Hawkins 5-2. According to statistics, the two have played each other 20 times before, Robertson has the upper hand with 11 wins and 9 losses, and recently won 4 consecutive victories, Ding Junhui has not beaten Robertson for 10 years.
In the first game, Robertson made a mistake with 39 points, and Ding Junhui scored 64 points with a single stroke, winning the first game 74-39, leading 1-0. In the second game, Robertson scored 68 points in a single stroke, 81-0 clean sheet, 1-1. In the third game, Robertson won another game 73-19 many times, and overtook 2-1. In the fourth game, Robertson won with a single stroke of 118 points, and in the first half, Robertson completed a 3-1 overtake.
In the fifth game, Ding Junhui stopped the decline, 71-24, and in the sixth game, Ding Junhui scored 75 points in a single stroke, 84-16 and chased another game, 3-3. In the seventh game, Robertson scored 51 points with a single stroke and won another game 69-21, leading again 4-3. In the eighth and ninth games, Robertson scored 55 points and 128 points in a single stroke in a row to win two games in a row, and got the match point 5-4. In the tenth game, Robertson made a key mistake, and Ding Junhui scored 50+ in one shot, 5-5. In the deciding game, Ding Junhui reversed after falling behind and killed 6-5.