Ding Junhui met England's Tom Forde in the Scottish Open 32-16 focus match, and after seven rounds of hard fighting, he finally lost 3-4 to his opponent and had no choice but to stop in the round of 32. This is also the end of his race in this competition, and it can also be regarded as avenging Ding Junhui's elimination in the British Championships. Next, Ding Junhui will prepare for the upcoming Masters. In the previous British Championships, Ding Junhui had eliminated Tom Forde, making the head-to-head record between them expand to Ding Junhui 8-0 Tom Forde.
This means that Ding Junhui has put pressure on his opponent to lose eight times in a row!Playing again at the Scottish Open, Tom Forde is determined to take revenge, while Ding Junhui, who won his second daughter, is determined to advance and continue the joy. Coupled with the fact that Tom Forde is also half of his home court at the Scottish Open, the game is of great significance. In the first game, Tom Forde scored 105 points in a single stroke and led 1-0. As the runner-up of the British Championships, how could Ding Junhui easily give up the initiative?He scored 118 points and 71 points in succession, and won two consecutive games to take the lead 2-1, and the momentum was very strong.
Then, Tom Forde launched a counterattack, won two games in a row, and scored 64 points in the fourth game, winning 3-2 and even taking the lead to get the match point!The process of the game was ups and downs, confusing, and the audience all sighed, the competition between these two players was extremely fierce and did not give in to each other!In the crucial sixth game, Ding Junhui was in trouble, but he scored a 54 points, successfully saved the match point, and brought the game to the peak showdown!However, in the tiebreaker, Tom Forde played outright, once again scored 81 points in a single stroke, won 4-3, successfully advanced to the third round, ended an eight-game losing streak against the Chinese Dragons, and will face Martin Odnair in the next round.
Ding Junhui's single-stroke score of 118 points in this game is also difficult to reverse the defeat, which is also his personal 13th consecutive single-stroke break 100, unfortunately stopped in the top 32 of the Scottish Open. After the game, Ding Junhui will have the opportunity to go home to rest and visit his second daughter. We look forward to Ding Junhui's more exciting performance in the next games.