Ding Junhui beats Xiao Guodong 10-3 to enter the top 16 to relax and amuse the audience
On the evening of April 24th, Beijing time, the 2018 World Snooker Championships continued to compete in the first round in Crusoe, England. In the Chinese Civil War, Ding Junhui changed from yesterday’s slow heat, and Telok Sicheng defeated Xiao Guodong 10-3 and advanced to the top 16. In the 1/8 finals, Ding Junhui will face the winners of McGill and Ryan Day.
In the first stage, Ding Junhui, the No. 3 seed of the tournament, seemed a bit slow, losing the first two games and falling behind 0-2. After adjustments, Ding Junhui finally entered the role, winning four straight games to overtake 4-2. In the end, the first nine games ended, Ding Junhui laid a 6-3 lead. At this stage, Ding Junhui scored 68, 124, 57 and 72 points in a single stroke, which was significantly better than Xiao Guodong, who had only 82 and 54 points in a single stroke.
The game entered the second stage. Compared with yesterday, today’s Ding Junhui is more involved, scoring 47 points and 71-1 to win the 10th game, leading Xiao Guodong with a total score of 7-3.
In the 11th inning, Ding Junhui continued to control the situation steadily, with 61 points and 92-0 in a single stroke, and the score was 8-3, which was five innings ahead of Xiao Guodong. It’s worth mentioning that Ding Junhui accidentally made a snooker with 61 points on a single stroke. Facing this accident, Ding Junhui was very happy, and the audience also burst into kind laughter. It can be seen that Ding Junhui’s mentality was very relaxed that day. . Although he has won the game, Ding Junhui still accurately solved his self-made snooker very seriously, and the audience once again sent applause to Ding Junhui.
In the next 12th game, Ding Junhui took the lead again. This was the first time he scored in the first three consecutive games in the second stage. The 51-point strength of a single shot was not well controlled, which led to a final error in the attack, but he did not leave Xiao Guodong. opportunity. After just two rounds of defense, Ding Junhui broke through again, clearing the stage with 78 points in a single shot, 9-3 holding a lot of match points. In these three rounds, Xiao Guodong only scored 1 point.
In the 13th inning, Ding Junhui scored with a precise shot from far away, but then he missed Jingzhou carelessly and made two low-level errors. Ding Junhui was upset that he hit the edge of the library with his head. After a short adjustment, Ding Junhui shot away from the station to regain the initiative. In the end, Ding Junhui secured the victory with 98 points on a single stroke. In the second stage, he defeated Xiao Guodong with a total score of 10-3 and advanced to the top 16.
In another Chinese derby before, the 20-year-old Lu Haotian, who made his debut in Crucible, eliminated No. 11 seed Fu Jiajun 10-5. If they both win one more game, they will have another civil war in the quarter-finals. But they all have to pass the second round of this hurdle, Lu Haotian against the 6th seed Hawkins, Ding Junhui opponents will be produced in McGill and Ryan Day. Although the probability of the two being promoted together is relatively small, it is still worth looking forward to.