Beijing time on October 26 news, the 2021 Snooker German Masters qualifier ended the eighth day of competition. Six-time World Championship champion "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan was in a slump, losing 5-0 to Wafi Ayuri for a round trip. Previously, "China's first brother" Ding Junhui was also in a slump, losing 4-5 to Mark Davis and suffering a round of travel.
Now Ding Junhui, if he wants to rise again, should be like the "small steel cannon" Mark Allen, and become tougher in the face of strength. First of all, let's talk about Ding Junhui's defeat, although he and O'Sullivan are both "one round tour" out, and they have no chance of the German Masters. But the situation between the two is very different, "Rocket" O'Sullivan's out is just a tiger nap, Ding Junhui's out is a continuous downturn.
Last season, O'Sullivan scored five ranking tournaments, while Ding Junhui lost one after another and is currently under relegation pressure. If he hadn't played well at the Championships and in previous matches, he would most likely fall out of the top 16. And in the debut of the new season, he was not surprised, unexpectedly losing 4-5 to veteran Mark Davis.
It should be known that Ding Junhui has obvious advantages against Davis in the past, 15 games, 13 wins and 2 losses, Davis can also be called Ding Junhui's "lucky star". The last time Ding Junhui lost to Davis was in 2012, nearly 10 years have passed. Therefore, in this game with Davis, Ding Junhui is considered to be able to play normally and should be able to easily defeat his opponent.
However, ding Junhui is now in extremely low form, playing very badly with Davis, starting with a 1-0, 2-1 lead, and then winning three consecutive sets 3-4 by the opponent to get the match point. Despite winning two consecutive sets 4-4 in desperate circumstances, the decider was defeated to meet a round of 4-5. Ding Junhui wants to restore the style of the past, O'Sullivan's style can not be learned, but can be aligned with the Allen style.
In the Northern Ireland Open final, which ended last week, Allen won the title with four-time World Championship champion "Wizard" Higgins 9-8. In the quarter-finals, he also eliminated the world's No. 1 Trump 5-3 and blasted a single score of 147 points in the qualifiers. If you can be as tough as Alan, Ding Junhui can still look forward to it!