In the 12th match of the first round of the just-concluded Snooker World Championship on April 24, 2024, Beijing time, China's first brother Ding Junhui and England's Lisowski ended the fourth meeting between the two sides in their careers.
In this match, both players showed strong competitive form. After 19 rounds of competition, Ding Junhui lost to Lisowski 9-10 with a single shot of 127 points, 131 points, 98 points, 90 points, 84 points, 74 points, 60 points, 59 points, 56 points and a data lead over his opponent.
Next, Lisowski will face former world champion Bingham for a place in the quarterfinals.
Ding Junhui won two games in a row and drew 2-2 with Lisowski
In the first four games of Ding Junhui and Lisowski, the two players were evenly matched. In the first game, Ding Junhui took the lead in scoring 7 points and made a mistake, and then Lisowski also made a mistake. Immediately afterwards, Ding Junhui scored a red ball and scored 127 points with a single stroke, winning the first game with 134:0 and successfully taking a 1-0 lead.
In the second game, Ding Junhui won the game 83:1 with a single shot of 60 points and multiple opportunities to get started, thus continuing to lead Lisowski 2-0.
In the third game, Lisowski seized Ding Junhui's multiple mistakes, and won the game 102:0 with a single stroke of 71 points and his excellent ability to seize opportunities, falling behind Ding Junhui 1-2 and narrowing the difference.
In the fourth game, Lisowski scored 91 points with a single stroke and won the game with 92:4, drawing 2-2 with Ding Junhui and pulling the two sides back to the same running line.
Lisowski chased two games in a row to surpass Ding Junhui 5-4
After the second half of the first stage of the game, the two players were still in good form. The game came to the 5th game, Ding Junhui won the game with 102:2 with an outstanding performance of 98 points in a single stroke, and successfully took a 3-2 lead.
In the 6th game, Lisowski scored 66 points with his excellent ability to seize opportunities in the chaos and won the game 66:39, thus drawing 3-3 with Ding Junhui. In the 7th game, Ding Junhui scored 90 points in a single stroke to win the game after fighting on the far platform, thus continuing to lead Lisowski 4-3.
In the 8th game, Lisowski won the game 73:26 with a good performance of 69 points with a single stroke, and drew 4-4 with Ding Junhui. In the 9th game, Ding Junhui made a mistake after taking the lead in scoring 1 point, and then Lisowski scored 67 points and 67:1 to win the game with a single stroke, thus overtaking Ding Junhui 5-4.
Ding Junhui lost 9-10 to Lisowski and went out
In the second stage of the game, the two players played a more exciting duel. The game came to the 10th game, Ding Junhui scored 74 points and 74:24 with a single shot to win the game and draw 5-5 with Lisowski. In the 11th game, Lisowski scored 52 points with a single shot and won the game 95:0 to continue to lead Ding Junhui 6-5. In the 12th game, Lisowski scored 63 points with a single shot and won the game 63:26, leading Ding Junhui 7-5.
In the 13th game, Ding Junhui scored 84 points with a single shot and won the game 84:6, 6-7 behind Lisowski. In the 14th game, Lisowski won the game with a performance of 73:35 and led Ding Junhui 8-6. In the 15th game, Ding Junhui scored 59 points with a single stroke and won the game 84:23, 7-8 behind Lisowski.
In the 16th game, Lisowski scored 72 points with a single shot and won the game 76:19, leading Ding Junhui 9-7 and taking the lead in taking the match point. In the 17th game, Ding Junhui scored 56 points with a single stroke and won the game 70:29, trailing Lisowski 8-9. In the 18th game, Ding Junhui scored 131 points with a single stroke to win the game and draw 9-9 with Lisowski. In the 19th game, Lisowski won the game with a performance of 84:0 and defeated Ding Junhui 10-9 to advance to the round of 16.