Snooker World Championship Qualification: Ding Junhui advances to the World Championships for the 16th consecutive time
2022-04-13 15:28:10Source: China News Network
China News AgencyBeijing, April 13th. The 2022 Snooker World Championships Qualification Tournament ended in Sheffield, England on the 13th, Beijing time. The first day of the final round (fourth round), Chinese star Ding Junhui defeated veteran David Leary 10:7 , for the 16th time into the World Championships. Another Chinese player, Lu Haotian, also eliminated his opponent and advanced hand in hand with Ding Junhui.
The final round of the World Championships Qualifying Tournament adopts a best-of-19-inning system and is divided into two stages. A total of 5 Chinese players entered the round, of which Ding Junhui, Lu Haotian and Zhou Yuelong took the lead. Ding Junhui faced the veteran World Championship champion and 46-year-old veteran David Leary.
In this campaign, Ding Junhui took the lead, scoring 137 points and 76 points in a row, starting 2:0. But the battle-hardened Leary fought back right away, taking a 5-4 lead at the end of the first period.
At the beginning of the second stage, Leary took the lead and won two more games to take a 7:4 lead. At the critical moment, Ding Junhui played steadily, won 6 games in a row, and won with a 10:7 reversal. Since 2007, Ding Junhui has entered the main competition of the World Championships for the 16th time in a row.
According to the rules of the snooker world championship, the top 16 players in the world will go straight to the main competition, and the other 16 people will be selected to participate in the main competition in the qualifying round. Due to the sluggish state in recent years, Ding Junhui, who holds 14 ranking championships, is hovering around 30 in the world ranking this year. This world championship can only start from the qualifying rounds. But at the 2016 World Championships, Ding Junhui also started from the qualifying rounds and reached the semi-finals all the way under the condition of not being favored by others. Although he lost to Selby in the end and missed the championship, he also created his best result in the World Championships.
In the other two events of the day, the Chinese players were both happy and worried. Lu Haotian, who became famous as a teenager, played well, beating Dominic Dier 10:4 and qualifying for the World Championships for the third time in his career. However, Zhou Yuelong lost 7:10 in the qualifying match once morest British star Maguire, who once ranked among the top eight in the world.
From the evening of the 13th to the morning of the 14th, Beijing time, the 2022 World Snooker Championship qualifying will determine the last 8 places to advance to the main competition. Two Chinese “post-00” teenagers Lei Peifan and Yuan Sijun will make their debut once more.
Because Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, who are ranked in the top 16 in the world, have already qualified for the main competition, plus Ding Junhui and Lv Haotian who have advanced this time, there are currently 4 Chinese players who will compete for the main competition of this Snooker World Championship. At the 2019 World Snooker Championships, a total of 6 Chinese players participated in the main competition, becoming the largest number of Chinese players shortlisted for the World Snooker Championships. (Finish)
