On December 2, Beijing time, it was reported that the 2023 ** Keying Championship continued. Ding Junhui, the three-time British Championship champion "China's first brother", reversed the three-time world champion "Golden Left Hand" Mark Williams 6-5 in the final 1 4 finals to advance to the semifinals. At 21:00 tonight, two semi-finals will be played, Ding Junhui will face Trump, and O'Sullivan will face Ayuri.
*The Croatian Championship is one of the three major events in Croatia, and it is also the oldest important event in Croatia, with a championship prize of up to 2.2 million yuan. In this year's British Championships, O'Sullivan, Higgins, and Williams of the "75 Three Heroes", and Ding Junhui, Selby, Trump, Robertson, and Murphy of the "80 Five Tigers" all participated.
After fierce competition, Ding Junhui, Zhang Anda, Zhou Yuelong, as well as O'Sullivan, Williams, Trump, Selby, Ayuri, etc., reached the top 8.
In the first two 1 4 finals, Zhou Yuelong was reversed 5-6 in the game against the 7-time British Championship champion O'Sullivan and missed the perfect opportunity to advance to the top 4. And Zhang Anda missed the semifinals 4-6 in the match with the "Iranian first brother" Wafi Ayuri.
In the two 1 4 finals of Ding Junhui vs Williams and Trump vs Selby that started early this morning, Trump, who has won 3 ranking championships this season, defeated Selby 6-4 and got the third 4 tickets.
In the match with Williams, Ding Junhui fell behind 0-2 at the beginning, then chased a 2-2 draw, and after the seventh game, he overtook his opponent 4-3. Williams fought back strongly to win match point 5-4. In a desperate situation, Ding Junhui won two games in a row, and the total score was 6-5 to advance to the semifinals.
At 21:00 tonight and 03:00 tomorrow morning, the semi-finals will be contested, and the competition system is still 11 rounds and 6 wins. The match in the 21:00 time period is: Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Wafi Ayuri. At 03:00 tomorrow morning, the match in this time period is: Ding Junhui vs Judd Trump. Looking forward to Ding Junhui being able to spread the good news again!