Beijing time on October 24 news, the 2021-2022 snooker German Masters qualifier continues, Chinese ball king Ding Junhui returned to the field after half a year, saving two match points after losing 4-5 to Mark Davis, the debut of the new season did not win. In this game, Ding Junhui shot a three-shot 50+.
Ding Junhui last competed at the World Championships on April 20 this year, and he lost to Bingham 9-10 in the first round after 19 sets, ending the season. Last season, Ding Junhui did not reach the final four in a single event, with the best result being five quarter-finals, the European Masters (losing to Selby), the Championship of Champions (losing Neil Robertson), Northern Ireland (losing to O'Sullivan), Scotland (losing O'Sullivan), and the German Masters (losing to Trump).
Entering the new season, Ding Junhui's debut is significantly later than ever, from April 20 to October 24, the Chinese ball king has experienced an off-season of 187 days, nearly half a year has not played a game, not only has the loss of points, the world ranking has also fallen out of the TOP16, has now fallen to 25th. Next, Ding Junhui wants to return to the top 16 pressure can be imagined.
In the first round of the German Masters qualifying round, Ding Junhui faced Mark Davis, the two sides have met a total of 9 times in the past, the Chinese king has the upper hand with 7 wins and 2 losses, since the 2012 Wuxi Classic 2-5 defeat, Ding Junhui and Mark Davis have won all 5 moves, the most recent of which was the first round of last year's Scottish Tournament, when Ding Junhui won 4-0.
In this battle, the two players met again, Ding Junhui entered the state quickly, the red ball of the sticker and the black ball of the bottom bag were handled delicately, there was no cold feeling at all, with a shot of 63 points, Ding Junhui came out on top. In the second set, Ding Junhui once led the score, but after the attack was stopped, there was a loophole in the defensive competition, and Mark Davis seized the opportunity to complete the clearance with 56 points and clench the innings.
In the third game, the two players were entangled, Ding Junhui made a mistake in the attack of the far platform, Mark Davis played a single shot of 70 points to take the lead, and the backward Ding Junhui did not give up, patiently looking for opportunities, although he lost the last super point black ball, but still won 76-70 thrillingly.
In the fourth set, the two sides were once again caught in a tug-of-war, Ding Junhui felt cold, and there were successive mistakes, Mark Davis won the set 71-40, and at halftime, the two players fought to a 2 draw. After a short break, the fifth set began, Ding Junhui could win if he cleared the stage, but the coffee ball was not in place, the attacking blue ball bottom bag was wrong, Mark Davis shot decisively, won 67-39, and led the set 3-2.
In the sixth set, Ding Junhui was still not in shape, and there were many mistakes of his own, and Mark Davis won 75-9, and the set score was 4-2 to get the match point. In the seventh set, Ding Junhui adjusted in time to play a single 61 points to win back a city 85-5. In the eighth set, Ding Junhui scored a single 88 points to win 109-12, saving two match points to chase 4 draws.
In the decider, Ding Junhui took the lead, got 18 points and then the attack was stopped, Mark Davis played a single shot of 119 points to achieve a super point, and finally Ding Junhui lost 4-5, and the debut of the new season was not able to win.