Chinanews client, November 21st, on the 20th local time, the 2020 Snooker Northern Ireland Open began the quarter-final competition.
In the most eye-catching "Ding Olympic Games", Ding Junhui was in a 2-0 lead and was pulled back by O'Sullivan for 5 consecutive rounds. In the end, he lost 2:5 and missed the semifinals.
Data map: Ding Junhui Image source: Visual China
Ding Junhui and O'Sullivan have played more than 20 times, and Ding Junhui is obviously at a disadvantage in historical data.
However, in the last two encounters, the two won each: last year's British Championships, Ding Junhui eliminated O'Sullivan in the fourth round and won the championship; and in the World Championships, O'Sullivan defeated Ding Junhui 13-10 in the second round, and finally Also won the championship.
In the previous game, Ding Junhui 4:1 reversed and eliminated the four-time World Championship champion Higgins.
Facing idol O'Sullivan this round, Ding Junhui continued his previous good state in the opening stage.
After scoring 121 points and 87 points in a single stroke, Ding Junhui led by 2:0.
However, starting from the third game, O'Sullivan launched a counterattack mode, after a single shot of 50+ consecutively, the score went back to 3:2.
After winning the sixth game 80:32, O'Sullivan won the match point.
With another 79 points in a single stroke, O'Sullivan eliminated Ding Junhui 5-2.
Yan Bingtao, another Chinese player, lost to Grace with the same score of 2:5 and stopped in the quarter-finals.
In the semifinals, O'Sullivan faced Carter and Trump's opponent was Grace.
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