The third round of the Scottish Open kicked off this morning, with Ding Junhui and Tom Ford playing to a 2-2 draw. China's top fighter got into a tight contest and could be out because he didn't beat his opponent. Meanwhile, we will soon see the first Chinese player to qualify for the round of 16, with Lu Haotian currently leading Liu Hongyu 3-2 with just one game to make the cut.
Ding Junhui's performance this season has been stable, reaching the top 8 of 3 tournaments successively, and finally successfully qualified for the final of the British Championships. In the final, although he lost to the world No. 1 O'Sullivan 7-10, he still performed well, won the runner-up of the event for two consecutive years, and won a prize of 100,000 pounds. It also brought him back into the top 16 in the world rankings, where he is now firmly at No. 11.
Ding Junhui made a switch at the Scottish Open, knocking out David Grace and Kendrick in the first two matches, and now he will face Tom Ford. Tomford has always been one of Director Ding's favorite opponents, winning 9 of his previous 11 meetings and winning his last 7 matches. However, in this morning's game, the opponent played very tenaciously, and the victory in each game was very difficult, and the score in the first four games was 2-2, and Ding Junhui was tied. Next, what Director Ding needs to do is to withstand the pressure and maintain the feel. If you can't get the match point early, you will likely end a seven-game winning streak and lose to your opponent and go out of the tournament.
The derby between Lu Haotian and Liu Hongyu is really fierce, against the runner-up of the Indian Championship, the Chinese newcomer Liu Hongyu really dares to fight, although he failed to end the battle with one shot, but he has been biting the opponent. Lu Haotian hit 2 shots of 50+, and the final total score was 3-2, winning the match point, and it seems that he is about to become the first Chinese player to advance to the round of 16. He is also the fifth Chinese player to enter the 1 8 finals after McGill, Selter, O'Donnell and Sancam, come on!