China News Agency, Beijing, February 23rd. On the morning of the 23rd Beijing time, the third day of the 2023 Snooker Players Championship ended. The famous Chinese billiard player Ding Junhui lost to Gary Wilson 3:6 and suffered another round.
So far, the two Chinese players shortlisted for this tournament have missed the top 8.
The Snooker Players Championship is a ranking competition that only players who rank among the top 16 in the world in a single season can participate. Chinese players Ding Junhui and Zhou Yuelong were shortlisted for this season's Players Championship as the 6th and 14th in the season respectively.
Ding Junhui's opponent this time is Gary Wilson, who ranked 11th this season.
The latter only won his first ranking championship in his career at the Scottish Open two months ago, and his achievements in the field of snooker are far less than that of China's "One Brother" who is two years younger than him and has 14 ranking championships. ".
But Ding Junhui has been in a downturn for a long time, and has not won a championship for more than 3 consecutive years.
Gary Wilson is on the rise and is currently ranked higher than Ding Junhui in the world.
Ding Junhui had a bad start in this campaign, falling behind 0:1 in the first game.
After Ding Junhui equalized the score in the second game, Wilson started to work hard, winning 4 games in a row and entering the match point 5:1.
Ding Junhui, who woke up like a dream, launched a counterattack and recovered two rounds with 126 points and 52 points in a single stroke. After the Welsh Open, he encountered the first round of the ranking match again.
With the loss of this campaign, Ding Junhui's hope of going straight to the World Championships this season is even more slim.
The 2023 World Snooker Championship will be held in April, and only the top 16 players in the world can qualify for the direct match.
Before the Players Championship, Ding Junhui ranked 24th in the world.
So far, the two Chinese players shortlisted for this tournament have missed the top 8.
In the first round of the previous day, Zhou Yuelong lost 2:6 to "the strongest post-90s" Karen Wilson and was the first to be eliminated.
There was also a quarter-final on the same day, with Milkins, the new champion of the Welsh Open, facing Ali Carter, the runner-up of the two-time World Championships.
As a result, Milkins failed to continue the good form and good luck a few days ago, and was out with a 1:6 loss. The "Captain" Ali Carter became the first player to advance to the top 4 of the Players Championship.
The other three quarter-finals will be played between Brechel and Joe O'Connor, Murphy and Ryan Day, and Karen Wilson and Gary Wilson.
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