In the 16-8 match of the ** gram championship that ended this morning, Ding Junhui lost to the wizard Higgins 4:6, following the Welsh Open and taking turns again.
Director Ding's state has been greatly improved compared with the Welsh Open, with 2 shots to break 100) and a shot of 70, but Higgins is getting older and more demonic, and he has scored two shots to break 100) and two shots of 50+, and after a 4:4 draw, he won two games in a row to eliminate Ding Junhui and enter the top 8. Higgins' opponent in the quarters was the winner of Anda Chang and Noppen Sankham.
Another Chinese player, Zhou Yuelong, will challenge the world champion and Taiwan's first brother Rocket O'Sullivan at 9:30 tonight to compete for a place in the top 8.
In the other match that has ended, the quasi-god Trump defeated Chris Wackerlin 6-2 to advance to the last 8 and face the winner between Carter and Fude in the next round.
*There are 16 players in the Croatian Players Championship, and only players who have advanced to the top 6 in a single season are eligible to participate, with a prize fund of up to 125,000 euros. This time, there are 3 players from my country: Ding Junhui, Zhang Anda, and Zhou Yuelong. Zhang Anda faced Sancam in the first round.