In the first round of the 2024 World Snooker Championship, Ding Junhui faced Lisowski and finally went out 9-10, and the latter will face Stuart Bingham in the next round
The curse of not having a championship at the World Championships has become the biggest regret of Ding Junhui's career. Since 2007, he has been shortlisted for the main event of the World Championships for 18 consecutive years, and his best result was the runner-up in 2016, which is also the best result achieved by Chinese players in the World Snooker Championships so far.
Facing the world's No. 17 Lisowski, Ding Junhui took the lead in entering the state, and scored 127 points and 60 points in a single stroke above the first stage, starting 2-0, and then Lisowski scored 71 points and 91 points in a single stroke, 2-2 to tie!
After that, Ding Junhui scored 98 points and 90 points in a single stroke to take the lead again, but Lisowski also won two more games, and the two drew 4-4 again. In the ninth game, Lisowski won and led 5-4 in the first stage.
In the second stage, Ding Junhui scored 74 points in a single stroke to win a game first, tied 5-5, but then Lisowski won two games in a row, leading 7-5, Ding Junhui counterattacked, scored 84 points in a single stroke, won the 13th game, and chased 6-7.
In the 14th game, Ding Junhui made another mistake at the critical moment and gave up directly, falling behind 6-8. In the 15th game, Ding Junhui made a mistake when he scored 66 points, and sighed in frustration for a while. Fortunately, the opponent did not seize the opportunity, and Ding Junhui won the game without danger. Unfortunately, in the next game, Ding Junhui made another mistake, and Lisowski scored 76 points and got the match point 9-7. was forced into a desperate situation, Ding Junhui made a fatal mistake again, but fortunately, the other party also gave a big gift, but when he scored 56 points, Ding Junhui's K ball was not effective and could only defend. Subsequently, Ding Junhui 70-29, saving a match point.
In the 18th game, Lisowski gave another big gift, Ding Junhui scored 131 points in a single stroke, saved the second match point, and chased 9 draws. In the deciding game, Ding Junhui made a mistake as soon as he came up, and Lisowski scored 38 points, and then he defended and attacked, played a precise long platform, and did not give Ding Junhui another chance, and in the end, Lisowski had the last laugh 10-9.