World Championships: Ding Junhui regretted to lose, 4 consecutive years in the first round, 8 seeds were out of the first round to tie the record

2024-04-25 06:47:00

World Championships: Ding Junhui regretted to lose, 4 consecutive years in the first round, 8 seeds were out of the first round to tie the record

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2024-04-25 06:39Posted in Shanghai Sports Creators

World Championships: Ding Junhui regretted to lose, 4 consecutive years in the first round, 8 seeds were out of the first round to tie the record

At 5 p.m. Beijing time on April 24, the 2024 Snooker World Championship will start the fifth day of competition to determine the winners and losers of the four first-round matches.

1. Unfortunately, Ding Junhui lost to Lisowski in the tiebreaker

Ding Junhui against Jack Lisowski. Ding Junhui, who fell behind 4-5 in the first quarter, in the first game of the second quarter, Ding Junhui seized the opportunity left by the driver's offensive mistake and equalized the score with a 70+ shot. In the next two games, Ding Junhui missed the opportunity on the long platform, and the driver made a chance on the long platform, with two strokes of 50+, leading two games 7-5. In the 13th game, Ding Junhui seized the driver's mistake and scored 84 points in one shot.

After a short break, the two each had a city, and the difference was still 1 game. In the 16th game, Ding Junhui threw the bag to give him a chance, and the driver got started on the long platform, with a shot of 70+, 9-7 to the match point. In the 17th game, the driver lost the opportunity to end the game, and Ding Junhui won the game with a shot of 50+;In the 18th game, Ding Junhui seized the driver's mistake and broke 100 with one shot, saving two match points in a row, and dragging the game into a tiebreaker.

In the decisive game, the driver had two fatal long platforms, and completed the overscore twice, sending Director Ding away 10-9.

It's a pity. Ding Junhui scored two shots to break 100 in this game, plus 7 strokes of 50+, there was no lag in the data, but the score was behind. It can't be said that Ding Junhui played poorly in this game, his performance was still quite good, and most of the opportunities given by the driver after his mistake could be killed with one shot; he still lost on the short board, and his ability to create active scoring opportunities through the long platform was lacking. On the contrary, the driver won this game on the long platform, and the two long tables in the tiebreaker were too accurate, and they were all hollow into the pocket.

In the World Championships for four consecutive years, Director Ding fell in the first round, lost to Bingham 9-10 in 2021, lost to Brother Yi 8-10 in 2022, and lost to Wafei 6-10 last year. Personally, I don't have the luxury of hoping how far Ding Junhui can go in the World Championships, I just hope that Ding Junhui can take one or two more steps in the World Championships and earn more ranking bonuses. After all, Ding Junhui has passed the golden age of winning the World Championships for the first time.

After Ding Junhui was out, like the previous session, now only Si Jiahui is left. I hope Si Jiahui can take one or two more steps in the next game.

2. The Rockets are 8-1, the Wizards are 5-4, and the Brothers are 10-1, Allen advances, and Hawkins loses, and the 8 seeds are out of the tournament to tie the record

Rocket O'Sullivan made his debut against Jackson Page. In the first quarter of the game, in addition to hitting a shot of 142 points in the 7th game, Page made a lot of mistakes and did not create any trouble for Mr. Huo, the Rockets hit a shot to break 100, plus 5 strokes of 50+, 8-1 ahead, and it was not a problem to win the game.

Kyren Wilson, who was embarrassed, also led 8-1 in the first quarter, and in the second quarter, he shot 60+ in two strokes and eliminated the veteran Dale 10-1. At the end of the game, Brother Yu hit 147 and fell on the 12th set of red balls. The score of 10-1 is also the largest score difference in the first round of this World Championships.

Allen led 7-2 in the first quarter, and in the second quarter, Robbie Williams once chased 4-7, but it was difficult to save the defeat, and Allen broke 100 in the last game to win the game 10-6.

In the match between Hawkins and Ryan Day, Master Huo once led 8-5, and then Ryan Day fought back wildly. Ryan Day tied with three consecutive 60+ strokes, and hit another 60+ in the final game, and sent Master Huo away with a wave of 5 consecutive whips and 10-8.

After Hawkins was out, the number of seeded players in the first round of this World Championship has reached 8, which has already equaled the Crucible record (1992 and 2012).

At the moment, there are two games left unfinished, Rockets and Wizards. In the first quarter of the game between Wizard Higgins and Jamie Jones, the Wizards came up and fell behind 1-3, including the fourth game, and the single stroke of 68 points was reversed. But after that, Higgins won four games in a row to overtake, and Jones won the final game with a shot of 80+. In the first quarter, Higgins led 5-4.

If Zhang loses this match, Lao Zhang's streak of consecutive top-16 rankings will not only be terminated, but Crucible will also have an unprecedented first-round exit of nine seeds.

3. Draw the schedule

Today will conclude the first round of all the main competitions and start the second round. The matches between Si Jiahui and Jack Jones are scheduled for 5 p.m. on the 26th, 2 a.m. on the 27th, and 9:30 p.m. on the 27th.

Today's schedule is as follows:

◆ April 25, 8 p.m. Beijing time:

O'Sullivan v Page (2)

Milkins v Gilbert (1)

2 a.m. the next day:

John Higgins v Jamie Jones (2)

Trump v Ford (1)

World Championships: Ding Junhui regretted to lose, 4 consecutive years in the first round, 8 seeds were out of the first round to tie the record

World Championships: Ding Junhui regretted to lose, 4 consecutive years in the first round, 8 seeds were out of the first round to tie the record

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