Ding Junhui 2 to 5 Yuan Sijun
On the evening of December 19, Beijing time, the qualifying tournament for the 2024 ** German Masters continued, and in the first period of this match day, the latest report has ended two games: Sean O'Sullivan (hereinafter referred to as O'Sullivan) lost 2-5, while Ding Junhui suffered a 2-5 upset defeat and was in a sluggish state.
O'Sullivan's strength is relatively average, and his world ranking is not high, and his opponent is Sam Craigie. In the first game, O'Sullivan scored 50 points in a single stroke and won 97-43. In the second game, Craigie quickly scored 66 points in a single stroke and chased it to 1-1. In the third and fourth games, Craigie won two games in a row, 56-8 and 80-8, 3-1. In the fifth game, Craigie scored 96 points in a single stroke to complete the one-shot victory and won the match point 4-1. In the sixth game, O'Sullivan scored 56 points with a single stroke to get back a game and saved a match point to chase 2-4. In the seventh game, Craigie didn't give any chance, and directly scored 109 points with a single stroke to complete a one-shot victory, defeating O'Sullivan 5-2.
In another game, Ding Junhui lost a little incomprehensible, his opponent in the qualifying round was Yuan Sijun, who is a Chinese post-00 player, and Ding Junhui is China's first brother, TOP16 player, ranked 11th in the world, and the 3 champions of the British Championships. It is worth mentioning that in this season's Wuhan Open, Ding Junhui lost 0-5 to Yuan Sijun, and now Ding Junhui lost again, and his state is really not ideal.