On the evening of April 24, Beijing time, the 2024 Snooker World Championship ended another 32-in-16 focus battle, and the world-renowned Chinese snooker brother Ding Junhui continued to perform sluggishly in the decisive stage, and finally lost to Jack Lisowski and was out of the game, following 2021, 2022, and 2023, a rare first-round tour for 4 consecutive years.
The difference between the two sides in the decisive stage is that Director Ding's long platform feels bad, the key ball is repeatedly unable to score, and he is aggressive in the selection of the ball path, frequently attacking risky balls, and the defense is full of holes, resulting in the inability to get rid of the opponent in the score.
On the other hand, the little driver of the two rounds of qualifying rounds in the extra round beat Director Ding in the long platform hit rate, how to play, how to play, if it wasn't for the embarrassment of the cue ball, otherwise Director Ding would have been whipped four times in a row, and pushed it to the edge of the cliff with a total score of 9-4.
In the 14th game, Ding Junhui once again lost the COSCO platform, which was not very difficult, and was taken advantage of the opportunity to grab points by the small driver to take the lead, and in the subsequent game grappling battle, Ding Junhui, who was good at chaos, was still suppressed, so the little driver changed the score to 8-6 again to approach the match point!
The situation is getting more and more severe for China's snooker brother, and if the opponent wins another game, there is basically no chance of a comeback.
In the crucial 15th game between the two sides, Ding Junhui, who was under heavy pressure, made a timely shot of 50+ in a single stroke to chase the score to 7-8!
In the 16th game, the little driver seized Ding Junhui's major mistake and beat Director Ding into the ice hole with a total score of 9-7!
In the 17th game, the little driver attacked the far platform inaccurately, but unfortunately Ding Junhui did not seize the great opportunity, and lost the target ball as soon as he came up!
Simple ball fatal miss
However, the dramatic thing is that in the face of the upcoming victory, the little driver actually lost the simple blue wave, and Ding Junhui escaped death and played a single stroke of 50+ to successfully save a match point, 8-9!
In the 18th game, the little driver did the cue ball sinking to the bottom and accidentally formed an assist, Ding Junhui took advantage of the momentum to win with one shot again, and blasted out the second personal shot of this competition to break 100 and successfully dragged the game into the deciding game 9-9!
Director Ding cleared the situation with one shot
Through two rounds of warm-ups, Director Ding's hand felt further warmed up.
In the life and death game, the little driver took the lead, and the director also gave the winning rate of the two sides in a timely manner, Ding Junhui exceeded 70%, while the little driver only 22%!
However, this time, Director Ding paid the price for his conservatism, and the little driver opened the situation through the Shenzhun long platform and had the last laugh, and finally defeated Ding Junhui with a total score of 10-9 to advance to the top 16!
This is Ding Junhui's 6th first-round tour since 2012, 2014, 2021, 2022, and 2023, and it is also a rare first-round exit for 4 consecutive years!
The road to the Grand Slam of the godfather of Chinese snooker seems to be far away.
So far, the Chinese Snooker Legion has only left the famous Zhejiang general Si Jiahui to fight against the British Isles.