Big upset! Snooker Championship: Four out of the round of 16, O’Sullivan eliminated in the first round, Ding Junhui won the game

On November 24th, Beijing time, the first round of the Snooker Championship ended with four matches. Hawkins defeated the previous champion O’Sullivan 6-4, Murphy eliminated Zhao Xintong 6-5, Gilbert eliminated Xiao Guodong 6-4, and Ding Junhui withstood the pressure 6-5 to defeat Milkins in the final round of 16, resulting in four spots: Hawkins, Murphy, Gilbert, and Ding Junhui!
O’Sullivan played against Hawkins, who was the champion of the previous tournament. However, in the first round, Hawkins, the appetizer of the past, quickly got into shape and scored two shots over 100 to achieve a dream start of 3-1. Then, the two of them each scored one shot over 60 and won one game each, bringing the score to 4-2. The game situation suddenly changed, and O’Sullivan had no hand and became a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. Hawkins went crazy, winning four games in a row with full firepower and single shots, and his performance was impeccable. In the end, Hawkins defeated O’Sullivan 6-4. From this game, O’Sullivan was really powerless. He was afraid of being young and his strength had greatly declined!
Zhao Xintong challenged Murphy. To be honest, both players were in very poor form in this game, giving each other big gifts. However, Zhao Xintong was even worse. In addition, Chang Tai lost three games in a row at the beginning and chased after him hard. Although he was dragged 5-5 into the deciding game, his overall stability was not as good as Murphy’s, especially in terms of defense. In the end, he was killed 5-6 by Murphy and could not make any further progress!

Xiao Guodong faced Gilbert and took a 2-1 lead in this game. However, he fell behind 2-4 after losing three games in a row. Although he won two games in a row and tied 4-4, his momentum did not continue, nor did he take advantage of the situation to pursue. Gilbert then used his accuracy to score two consecutive 50+shots to win 6-4. It felt that Xiao Guodong had too many ideas in this game and his hard power was still not enough. After losing this game, Xiao Guodong fell out of the top sixteen again!
Ding Junhui faced the strong Milkins in this game. Ding Junhui started the game well, but after 3-2, he lost three innings in a row and was given the match point by Milkins 5-3. Under pressure, Ding Junhui did not give up and played very tenaciously, scoring over 100 in one shot and 50+in two straight sets. He advanced to the next round with a 6-5 victory over Milkins. The two of them played very interestingly in this game. Ding Junhui’s lead was inaccurate, Milkins’ pocket was inaccurate, and in the decisive game, Ding Junhui finally allowed his lead once. Although he scored 63 points, he failed to win. Later, he made a mistake and left Milkins with a chance to win, but it was Milkins who made the final move. Kings didn’t grasp it, the yellow ball was lost, Ding Junhui harvested the game!