Ding Junhui withstood the pressure, reversed Robertson 6-5, and competed with Trump in the final
On March 23, 2024, the Snooker World Open continued, following Trump's 6-2 victory over Jackson Page, Ding Junhui reversed Robertson 6-5, and the Chinese star entered the final at home, Trump faced Ding Junhui, and the two top masters of the post-80s generation competed for the championship.
Ding Junhui and Robertson are all members of the 80 Five Tigers, Ding Junhui is ranked 9th in the world, and has won the ranking tournament championship 14 times in his career, including a World Open, Ding Junhui has a good performance this season, in addition to the runner-up in the British Championships, there are two semi-final performances, but Ding Junhui has not won the championship for a long time, and the last time was the British Championships five years ago, and everyone has high expectations for him.
Robertson is ranked 15th in the world, has won 23 ranking tournament championships, and has already achieved a Grand Slam, Robertson has been very sluggish recently, often upset and loses in the focus on participation, it is not easy to enter the semifinals this season, and finally played at a normal level, but if you want to keep the seeding seat of the World Championships, it is still a little difficult at present, after all, there are Ding Junhui and Trump, and the two famous players are not idle.
It is worth mentioning that the two have played each other 20 times in their careers, Robertson has a slight advantage of 11 wins and 9 losses, Ding Junhui defeated Robertson last time, it was the China Open ten years ago, when Ding Junhui won Robertson to win the championship, and then the two sides played four games, Ding Junhui was defeated, the most recent was last year's Shanghai Masters, Robertson eliminated Ding Junhui 6-5, the strength is very close, it depends on the on-the-spot performance,
The game adopts 11 rounds and 6 wins, after Robertson got started in the first game, he only scored 39 points to interrupt the attack, Ding Junhui seized the opportunity and scored 64 points in a single stroke to take the lead, Ding Junhui did not score in the second game, Robertson scored 68 points in a single stroke, and pulled back a game with 81-0, the two sides made mistakes in the third game, Robertson won the fight 73-19, and in the fourth game, Robertson took advantage of the situation to chase and directly hit a single stroke of 118 points.
In fact, Ding Junhui was a little anxious, simple mistakes continued, giving Robertson too many opportunities, coming back from halftime, Ding Junhui stabilized his position, obviously more patient, withstood the pressure in the fifth game, Ding Junhui pulled back a game with 71-24, and the opponent continued to drop the line in the sixth game, Ding Junhui scored 75 points with a single stroke and won the game with 84-16, and Ding Junhui scored 51 points with a single stroke in the seventh game and completed the super score with 69-21.
In the eighth game, Robertson returned 55 points with a single stroke, and pulled back a game with 81-28, Ding Junhui did not enter the long platform in the ninth game, Robertson scored 128 points in a single stroke, and took the lead in getting the match point, and then Ding Junhui scored 68 points in a single stroke to tie, and Robertson scored 53 points in a single stroke to turn into defense, Ding Junhui withstood the pressure and played a super score, and finally reversed Robertson 6-5, and faced the penultimate in the final, and it was thrilling to win.