Ding Junhui failed to bring the hot state of winning the English Championship more than a month ago to London. On the 12th, he lost 3:6 to Perry in the first round of the Masters and bid farewell to the heavyweight Invitational tournament attended by the world’s top 16 players.
Xinhua News Agency, London, January 12 (Reporter Zhang Wei) Ding Junhui, China’s top snooker player, failed to bring the hot state of winning the English Championship more than a month ago to London. On the 12th, in the first round of the Masters 3:6 defeat Perry and bid farewell to the heavyweight Invitational tournament attended by the world’s top 16 players.
Ding Junhui qualified for the Masters competition with the ninth ranking in the world, facing Perry, the 16th in the world in the first round. Although the opponent won the first game, Ding Junhui’s second game was separated by a single shot of 135, showing a good feel. Since then, Perry has led twice, while Ding Junhui has tied twice, and the two have entered the intermission at 3:3.
Returning to ball table, Perry won the seventh game with a single shot of 93 points, which was also his highest single shot score that night. Ding Junhui got the chance after two games, but he didn’t grasp it. Perry finally locked the score at 6:3 in the next two cities.
Ding Junhui said after the game that he was “a little distracted in the second half of the game, and some balls couldn’t be seen clearly”. “because of a little cold, he was in a bad state”. In addition, he just changed a new leather tip, not very adapted, “The ball is not in place, and it has something to do with leather tip”. Of course, he still stressed that he lost because he didn’t hold the ball when he had the chance, but his opponent played well. When there was a ball on the table, he always finished the cleaning.
Perry, 45, said frankly that the half-time break came at the right time, because although he felt good at the beginning, he felt a little struggling later. Speaking of Ding Junhui, Perry said: “He has been one of the best players in the world for a long time. When he is in a state, such as the English Championship, he is almost invincible. It is naturally difficult to draw lots to meet such opponents, but Yogueta accidentally throw one or two goals, you must get started and seize the opportunity.”
After more than two years of Champions in the ranking competition, Ding Junhui finally bottomed out in last December and won the championship of the English Championship, one of the three snooker competitions for the third time. Although this time again encountered the “first round Tour”, the 32-year-old Ding Junhui was not heavy. “I didn’t see the problem after losing in the past. I don’t know what to do. Now I will know a lot. I know where I lost and will strengthen it deliberately in the training. Many problems will appear, but it doesn’t matter, because everything is planned and targeted now.”
Next, Ding Junhui will participate in the European Masters competition in Austria on January 22-26. “I hope to celebrate the Spring Festival in the competition.” Ding Junhui said.