Data map: Ding Junhui.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Jimin

　　Chinanews client, January 14th Beijing time yesterday morning, the first round of the 2021 Snooker Masters continues.

In the "Ding Olympic Games" between Ding Junhui and O'Sullivan, Ding Junhui was the first to get the match point and suffered a reversal. In the end, he lost to O'Sullivan 5-6 and missed the next round.

　　O'Sullivan is the record holder of the Masters Championship, the most recent of the seven championships occurred in 2017.

Ding Junhui won the Masters Championship in 2011, but he has gone through eight "one round trips" in the ten Masters trips since then.

　　Ding Junhui had the advantage at the start of the game. With 83, 75 and 73 points in a single stroke, he quickly gained the advantage of 3 innings. Before the intermission, O'Sullivan scored the first shot of the game to break 100 points-103 points and pulled back. One city.

After returning from the break, he chased another round with 60 points on a single stroke, and the score became Ding Junhui's 3:2 lead.

Data map: Ding Junhui.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Jimin

　　In the following 3 games, Ding Junhui scored 129 points and 128 points and broke 100 points. O'Sullivan surrendered 100 points. Ding Junhui led 5:3 and won the match point.

　　The turning point of the game appeared in the 9th game. Facing the opportunity to end the game, Ding Junhui lost a long red ball. O'Sullivan seized the opportunity to score 47 points and save the next match point 66:48.

　　The wind direction changed drastically in the last two games. Ding Junhui scored only 22 points in total, while O'Sullivan scored 85 and 73 points to complete the reversal. He defeated Ding Junhui 6:5, and he will face Higgins in the quarter-finals.

Data map: O'Sullivan.

Photo by Zhang Hengwei issued by China News Service

　　O'Sullivan said after the game: "Ding Junhui played very strong and I am very happy to win. This is a tough battle. It is a confrontation between mental, physical and belief. You will find it difficult to fight without one of the three."

　　Ding Junhui said: "It feels like a practice game, without any pressure. I have many good chances to win the game, but I can't do it. Sometimes I think too complicated to win the game, sometimes I play simple. Just get some points...confused yourself." (End)