On April 23, 2024, the World Snooker Championship ushered in a key showdown, seeded player Ding Junhui vs. qualifier Lisowski, now the first half of the nine games have been played, the Chinese star led 4-3 and lost two games in a row, Ding Junhui fell behind Lisowski 4-5.
Ding Junhui is the first person in Chinese snooker, won the ranking tournament championship 14 times in his career, won four major championships, and won the runner-up in the World Championships.
Lisowski did not have a ranking championship, and he reached the quarterfinals once in the World Championships, and there was a gap with Ding Junhui, of course, as the top seed in the qualifying round, Lisowski can be ranked 17th, which shows that the competitive level is not bad, and it has the possibility of defeating seeded players.
The game adopts 19 rounds and 10 wins, and now only nine games in the first half, Ding Junhui came up in the first game and scored 127 points in a single stroke, and Ding Junhui scored 60 points in a single stroke in the second game, winning another game with 83-1, and Lisowski was not to be outdone in the third game, scoring 71 points in a single stroke and coloring it, and Lisowski scored 91 points in a single stroke in the fourth game.
During the halftime break, many fans had a controversy, why did they force the ball to fight in the third game, and why they gave up the long platform to the opponent in the fourth game, mainly because Ding Junhui wanted to make a big move, establish an advantage at this stage, and avoid Lisowski from finding a rhythm, this mentality is understandable, as for giving up the long platform, it is also normal, it was difficult to continue to connect at that time, and wanted to wait for Lisowski to make a mistake.
Although Ding Junhui did not break 100 in the fifth game, he scored 98 points in a single stroke with accuracy, and he did not lose to the opponent at all in terms of momentum, the biggest shortcoming is that the long platform is not as stable as Lisowski, and the two sides made mistakes in the sixth game, Ding Junhui's long platform success rate was worse, Lisowski won the fight 66-39, and in the seventh game, Lisowski did not defend well and leaked the ball directly, and Ding Junhui directly scored 90 points in a single stroke.
In the eighth game, he only scored 26 points to interrupt the attack, Ding Junhui wasted a good opportunity, Lisowski played a single stroke of 69 points to go to defense, and then won the game 73-26, although Ding Junhui advanced the red ball in the ninth game, but failed to continue to connect, Lisowski played a single stroke 67 points, the second half was carried out at 17 o'clock on April 24, when Ding Junhui can pass the test, let's wait and see, come on!