Beijing time on November 5, 2021 Snooker England Open, Ding Junhui first won and then lost the top 8, since then, the Chinese legion only has a single seedling of Yan Bingtao, which is regrettable; this England Tournament, the number of Chinese legion participants is as high as 10, setting a new record number of participants, but 5 people suffered a round of travel, heavy losses! Fortunately, Ding Junhui and Yan Bingtao successfully passed the pass and were given high hopes by everyone, but in the round of 8, Ding Junhui encountered a crazy attack from Higgins, and finally Ding Junhui lost 1-4 to Higgins and stopped in the round of 16. After the game, Ding Junhui admitted frankly: "Missing a few games due to objective reasons, resulting in a bit slow to enter the game state. ”
In this battle, Higgins was completely crazy, there was no leakage point in the whole process, and it was difficult for Ding Junhui to find the opportunity to turn the tables.
In the first set; Higgins came up with a single shot 80, leaving Ding Junhui with no chance to fight back, ending the battle 80-0; Ding Junhui 0-1 Higgins. In the second set; Ding Junhui's state improved slightly, but Higgins was too strong, still maintained an absolute lead, single shot 69 points, leaving Ding Junhui with a very small chance, in the end, Higgins 102-10 to take another set, Ding Junhui 0-2 behind.
In the third set, Higgins started with a 37-6 lead, but was seized by Ding Junhui to reverse the success, this set Ding Junhui played very well, without any surprise Ding Junhui 88-37 to pull back a city, a total of 1-2. In the fourth set; Higgins struck out again, single-handedly blasted 97 points, clearing the table, Ding Junhui did not get a point, 97-0, Ding Junhui fell behind 1-3, sent out the match point.
Decider; Higgins still did not give Ding Junhui a chance to score, very strong single shot broke 103-0, again kept a clean sheet Ding Junhui, since then the game ended, Ding Junhui lost 1-4 to Higgins did not qualify for the quarterfinals. The whole game is not Ding Junhui's poor state, it is really Higgins who is too strong, it is completely super high level of play, do not leave Ding Junhui any chance, Ding Junhui lost unjustly.
After the game, Ding Junhui said: "At the beginning of the season, I didn't want to miss the game, but due to objective reasons, there was no way, I could only practice at home, and I rarely had the opportunity to play confrontation; I could only pay attention to the goal technology, and the defense could not cooperate with the practice; at the same time, the slow entry into the game state was also a big reason, but through these games, I basically adjusted, and I was very strong in my desire to win! ”
It is worth mentioning that Ding Junhui belongs to a one-day double match today, earlier in the round of 16 promotion battle, Ding Junhui performed well, 4-0 killEd to advance to the round of 16, from this point of view, Ding Junhui has found the state of the game; unfortunately, when he met Higgins, whose state suddenly exploded, it was helpless, as Ding Junhui himself said: "I am very eager for victory!" Higgins didn't give a chance at all.
However, although Ding Junhui failed to advance to the top 8, but it is not without gains, due to Mark Allen's withdrawal from the "Crown in the Championship" invitational tournament for personal reasons, Ding Junhui directly qualified for the competition with the world ranking, saving a lot of physical fitness and time to prepare for the competition, at the same time, the qualifications are also OllieShavin and Maguire, looking forward to Ding Junhui's wonderful performance in the "Crown in the Championship" invitational tournament.