Beijing time on October 27 news, the 2021 Snooker German Masters qualifiers are all over, the top 32 are all in place. Today, the snooker European Masters qualifiers are seamlessly connected, and Xiao Guodong will play the opening match with Lucas Klex. Ding Junhui, the "first brother of China", once again imitated O'Sullivan's healthy billiards model and did not register for the competition.
The snooker German Masters qualifiers have just concluded today, with a total of 25 Chinese players participating. Among them, Ding Junhui, the "Chinese brother" who holds 14 ranking championships, has attracted much attention, on the one hand, he is expected to play well in the game; on the other hand, he is the first time this season.
Ding Junhui played veteran Mark Davis in the first round of the German Masters qualifiers. Before Ding Junhui appeared, there were already Chinese players such as Zhou Yuelong, Xiao Guodong, Li Xing, Xiao Guodong, Zhang Anda, and Pang Junxu who passed the first round, and 5 players advanced to the main competition. As a result, Ding Junhui broke out in people's expectations, and he lost 4-5 to the lack of promotion.
After Ding Junhui's one-round trip, the championship favourite "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan was also out of the first round of the qualifiers, and he lost 0-5 to Wafi Ayuri.
For O'Sullivan's exit, it is more likely that this is a small episode in the process of impacting the championship. Ding Junhui's exit is a continuation of his bad state for some time. The current Ding Junhui, not to mention the champions who are catching up with O'Sullivan, Higgins and Williams, even compared with the other four of the "Eighty-Five Tigers", are already far behind.
In these two seasons, Ding Junhui seems to want to imitate O'Sullivan's health billiards, reduce the frequency of participation, and strive to devote himself to the game with stronger concentration. But he's not O'Sullivan, there are fewer games and less results. Nowadays, although Ding Junhui still ranks 10th in the world ranking, the ranking seems to be good, but the prospects are not good.
If there is no outstanding performance in the British Championship and in previous competitions, after deducting the British Championship championship prize money, it is determined to fall out of the TOP16. In the upcoming snooker European Masters qualifiers, Ding Junhui did not participate again, what will happen next, can only wait for his next competition!