In the first stage of the first round of the just-concluded Snooker World Championship on April 23, 2024, Beijing time, China's first brother Ding Junhui and Lisowski started the first nine games of the two sides.
In this game, both players played very good competitive form. After nine rounds of competition, Ding Junhui temporarily fell behind Lisowski 4-5 with a single shot of 127 points, 60 points, 98 points, and 90 points, and missed the opportunity to advance.
Next, Ding Junhui and Lisowski will start the competition between the two sides in the second stage of the competition at 17:00 tomorrow, and will reveal who can complete the promotion.
Ding Junhui won two games in a row and drew 2-2 with Lisowski
In the first half of the game between Ding Junhui and Lisowski, both players played at a very good competitive level. In the first game, Ding Junhui won the game 134:0 with an outstanding performance of 127 points with a single stroke, thus leading Lisowski 1-0 and ushering in a good start.
In the second game, Ding Junhui scored 60 points with a single stroke, won another game 83:1, led Lisowski 2-0, and expanded his advantage in the game.
In the third game, Lisowski played a good competitive state, and he won the game 102:0 with his outstanding performance of 71 points with a single stroke, thus falling behind Ding Junhui 1-2 and narrowing the difference between the two sides to one game.
In the fourth game, Lisowski won the game with 92:4 with a single-shot performance of 91 points, drew 2-2 with Ding Junhui, and pulled the two sides back to the same running line.
Lisowski recovered a game to draw 3-3 with Ding Junhui
In the fifth game, Ding Junhui made a defensive error, leaving Lisowski with an offensive opportunity in the right bottom pocket. Lisowski scored a red ball but didn't call a colour ball, and then opted for a simple defense. Then Ding Junhui made another defensive mistake, and Lisowski scored the red ball again, and chose the cue ball to sink into the top vault to defend.
Ding Junhui's defense played at a high-quality level, and Lisowski was penalized for 4 points for missing the thin ball, and then left Ding Junhui with the opportunity to attack from a distance in the left bottom pocket. Ding Junhui seized the opportunity to score a red ball, scored 98 points in a single stroke, won the game 102:2, and continued to lead Lisowski 3-2.
In the sixth game, Lisowski took the lead in scoring 12 points and made mistakes, and then Ding Junhui also made a mistake after scoring the red ball. After many offensive and defensive duels, Lisowski finally won the game 66:39 and drew 3-3 with Ding Junhui.
Ding Junhui missed a good opportunity and fell behind Lisowski 4-5
In the seventh game, Lisowski tried to make an offensive mistake, Ding Junhui seized the opportunity to score the red ball in the left middle pocket to get the upper hand, and finally won the game with an excellent performance of 90 points with a single stroke, thus leading Lisowski 4-3 and gaining an advantage in the game again.
In the eighth game, Lisowski kicked off to leave a chance to attack from a distance, and Ding Junhui successfully got a chance to get started with a red ball in the bottom pocket on the left side, but he only scored 26 points before making a mistake. Lisowski scored a layup on the far table in the right bottom pocket and scored 69 points in a single shot. In the end, Lisowski won the game 73:26 and drew 4-4 with Ding Junhui.
In the ninth game, Lisowski won the game with a single-stroke performance of 67 points, thus surpassing Ding Junhui 5-4 and successfully winning the promotion opportunity. If Ding Junhui still can't adjust his form in the next second stage of the game, then he will likely miss out on advancing to the round of 16 and suffer a first-round tour for four consecutive years.