On November 2, Beijing time, the Snooker Northern Ireland Open officially kicked off. The qualification round of the TOP16 players was postponed to the main stage, and the 80 Five Tigers led by Trump defeated their opponents to successfully advance to the round of 64, of which Sean Murphy narrowly won and Ding Junhui won without any danger.
Ding Junhui is the first of the 80 Five Tigers to play, and the opponent in the qualifier is Paget, which is Ding Junhui's second appearance this season. A few days ago, in the European Masters qualifiers, Ding Junhui defeated Mark Davis 4-5.
Paget, 39, is only 100th in the world rankings. In the opening game, Paget won the opening with a single shot of 52 points, and the slow and hot Ding Junhui had many mistakes. After a brief entanglement in the second set, Ding Junhui equalized with 60 points. In the third set, the two fell into a bitter battle, Ding Junhui even appeared to lose a simple ball, fortunately, the opponent Paget's strength was not good, and finally Ding Junhui won the second set 64-41.
Ding Junhui, who slowly played the state, scored 51 points and 53 consecutive points to lock up the victory 4-1, ushering in the first win of the season and successfully advancing to the round of 64. Immediately after, Trump and Sean Murphy appeared, Trump's opponent was Sert, and the game began with Trump quickly getting into shape, with a single 90, 53 and 73 points to lead the three innings.
In the 4th set, Sert grabbed a 89-point clean sheet on the mobile phone and Trump won a set, and in the 5th set, Trump won a 109-point single to win the 4-1 victory to open the northern Ireland championship battle. Trump won the title last year by beating Neil Robertson in the final.
Sean Murphy and Jones were locked in a bitter battle, with Jones scoring 55, 88 and 83 points to take the lead in the match point. Murphy trailed 2-3, and at the start of the 6th inning, Murphy slowly took control of the game, and finally won with two strokes of 50 plus a 4-3 reversal. World number two Mark Selby surprised four as soon as he came out, scoring 90, 113 and 73 points to get match points, although he was chased by his opponent for two consecutive sets, and finally Selby won 4-2 to advance to the main game.
Of the 80 Five, Neil Robertson was the last to play against Andy Hicks. Due to the disparity in strength, Robertson swept 4-0 to advance, including a single 89 point in the second and third sets.
According to the schedule, in the round of 64 to the round of 32, Trump's opponent is Jimmy Robertson, Selby faces Jamie Wilson, and Robertson plays Cahill. Sean Murphy takes on O'Connor, while Ding Junhui and Tian Pengfei stage a derby. The competition is very fierce, I don't know who will be upset in the 80 five tigers to stop in the round of 64.