On November 3, the World Snooker New Season 4 ranking tournament England Open continued to compete in the first round of the main tournament, and China's brother Ding Junhui ushered in a civil war, and fought a 7-game and 4-win battle with his companion Tian Pengfei. In the end, Ding Junhui's performance was more stable, and he won 4-1 to advance. Another world-ranked 16-star, Yan Bingtao, played against veteran "007" Bond to win 4-1. In the duel with the famous carter, Li Xing played a high-gold duel, and finally won 4-2. At this point, Ding Junhui, together with Yan Bingtao and Li Xing, became the next to Zhao Xintong and Lu Ning, and once again advanced to the top 32, so far, the Chinese Legion has locked 5 seats in the top 32.
The English Open is the second ranking match of Ding Junhui's new season appearance, after he played in the German Masters qualifiers, and the result was an unexpected 4-5 defeat to Mark Davis in the first round. The English Open seeded players qualification round was postponed to the main tournament period, so Ding Junhui and the world's 101st Welsh player Padgator started the main qualifying battle in the opening match, and finally Ding Junhui performed decently, winning the opponent with a score of 4-1, successfully advancing to the main tournament and meeting Tian Pengfei in the first round.
Ding Junhui and Tian Pengfei, as the "87 Three Masters" of China's snooker, are not only partners in the British Army, but also one of the leaders of China's snooker. Interestingly, Ding Junhui is the director of the British Athletes Committee of the Chinese Billiards Association, while Tian Pengfei and Liang Wenbo are the deputy directors, so the match match has become a civil war drama that Chinese fans are talking about. In fact, in the past professional arena, Ding Junhui and Tian Pengfei did not have much record of fighting, and they had only met twice before this game, and Ding Junhui and Tian Pengfei each won one. However, from the perspective of overall strength and status and the support of fans, Ding Junhui is naturally more dominant, and he is also a favored party.
After the start of the game, the two were not in good hands and form, so the score was alternately rising, and neither of them could win with one shot. Ding Junhui was better at seizing opportunities, and finally won the 94-23 super score first. In the second set, Ding Junhui played a single 54 level and won again at 77-33 to take a 2-0 lead. In the third set, Ding Junhui was still a more stable side, playing a single 58 points, winning again with 78-41 points, and the big score was 3-0 to get the match point opportunity. In the fourth set, the two once again launched a tug-of-war, Ding Junhui was behind, the pursuit of points was unsuccessful, and Tian Pengfei pulled back a match point. In the fifth set, the two continued to fight, Tian Pengfei made a mistake, Ding Junhui played a single 54 points, to achieve a super point to end the suspense of the game, the total score of 4-1 to win the promotion. In the next round, Ding Junhui will face the winner between Gould and Donaldson.
Yan Bingtao was basically in control after the opening of the match with Bond, and achieved a 3-0 lead in the next three sets. Although the fourth set was pulled back by Bond's small score, in the fifth set, Yan Bingtao played a single shot of 51 points, and finally achieved a super score, winning 4-1 on aggregate to advance to the round of 32, and the next round opponent will be the winner between O'Donnell and Gilbert. In the showdown between Li Xing and the famous Carter, Li Xing performed well in the first two sets, with a single score of 59 points and a single score of 75 points, achieving a 2-0 opening, and although Carter played a hundred and single shot 127 points to chase back a set, Li Xing continued to win in the fourth set and obtained a 3-1 match point opportunity. In the fifth set, Carter scored a single shot of 78 points to win back a match point; in the crucial sixth set, Li Xing took the lead in playing a single shot of 74 points, although there was a danger of being chased in the last moment, but Carter's mistake, Li Xing's lucky bag overshoot, ended the suspense of the game, the total score was 4-2 to win to advance, and the next round will challenge Li Xing to Higgins.