Stopping in the first round of the World Championships for four consecutive years, for Ding Junhui, who has just passed his 37-year-old career, the dream of winning the championship seems to be fading away.
Since winning the British Championships in 2019, Director Ding has not won a ranking championship for five years.
In this World Championships, Ding Junhui said in an interview before the game that the World Championships is the most stressful event for him, and he hopes to play the British Championships and Masters.
However, he was drawn in the first round and failed to show his seeded advantage against Lisowski, the "top seed in the qualifying tournament".
If the successive Masters finals were a matter of mentality, then this round may also have this reason.
Although Ding Junhui still has an advantage in terms of overall data, Ding Junhui did not choose a long platform attack in the key ball of the final tiebreaker, but carried out a poor defense, and finally gave up the victory to the opponent.
To be honest, Ding Junhui is no longer at his peak at both offensive and defensive ends, especially his self-confidence seems to have dropped to the freezing point.
After the first round, in addition to Si Jiahui, the remaining four Chinese players were also eliminated (Zhang Anda, Lu Haotian, Pang Junxu, Ding Junhui).
In his career of more than 20 years, Ding Junhui has won almost all the championships, but he only lacks a World Championships.
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