Turkish Masters 2022 - Ding Junhui produces a brilliant comeback to beat Kyren Wilson, Martin Gould also through
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ByEurosport
Updated 10/03/2022 at 16:24 GMT
Ding Junhui came from 4-1 down to beat Robert Milkins to progress to the last 32 and he's produced another fine fightback to beat No 4 seed Kyren Wilson 5-3 to reach the last 16 of the inaugural competition in Turkey. The Nirvana Cosmopolitan Hotel plays host to the event with players seeking a share of the £500,000 - with the final on Sunday.
Ding Junhui at the Masters
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Ding Junhui is into the last 16 of the Turkish Masters after coming from behind to beat fourth seed Kyren Wilson 5-3.
The world No. 32 fought back from 3-1 down to defeat Wilson, one of the frontrunners to win the inaugural tournament in Antalya, Turkey, to set up a meeting with China's Si Jiahui in the next round.
Ding got off to a bright start, winning the opening frame 68-1, but Wilson fought back by reeling off three frames in a row.
The second frame he secured 80-44, then followed up with 86 and a break of 61 in the third and fourth frames respectively.
But Ding would not roll over and produced some of his finest snooker with 255 unanswered points. He produced a break of 73 in the fifth frame before pulling it back to 3-3 with the first century of the match, a 105.
And Ding was not finished there as he made it back-to-back centuries - this time a square 100 - to move within one frame of the third round.
The decider was a topsy-turvy affair with neither player able to put a convincing run together. Ding somehow failed to kiss the brown from just a few centimetres away.
But in the end it was Ding who outlasted Wilson to take an extraordinary eighth frame as he potted a phenomenal pink to seal it.
Elsewhere, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh defeated Jordan Brown 5-1, finishing off the final three frames with breaks of 92, 72 and 51.
Martin Gould beat Jack Lisowski 5-4 in a tense decider. Gould was trailing 4-3, but then went on to produce a half century before winning it in the final frame 75-32.
He will face Lu Ning who held off Wu Yize. Wu came from 4-2 down to force a decider, but Lu was able to seal his place in the round of 16 with a break of 70.
Shaun Murphy has had a tough time this season, but he appears to be trending in the right direction and a win over Jimmy Robertson moved him into the last-16 where he will play Jak Jones who was a 5-4 winner over Hossein Vafaei.
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