(Session 3) Luca Brecel Vs Ding Junhui - HALO World Championship 2025 - video Dailymotion

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(Session 3) Luca Brecel Vs Ding Junhui - HALO World Championship 2025

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00:00Ding Zhongwei gets this first frame under way,

00:08and the reception the players got this evening was incredible.

00:13Can Ding Zhongwei carry on from where he left off?

00:17Every credit, his back was against the wall,

00:21and he produced back-to-back centuries

00:24to keep himself in this year's World Championship.

00:30Let's look at Bursell with some outstanding snooker, Steve,

00:39and it was incredible the way he played at the start of this match.

00:43Yeah, the first session was basically back to his World Championship winning form

00:49from a couple of years ago.

00:55Strange frame of mind for both of these players.

01:00Neither.

01:05Difficult for actually both players to really get properly focused for this.

01:11Ding Zhongwei knows he's not going to win the match,

01:15but he's going to try and win frames and see where it takes him.

01:19Look at Bursell already knows he's won the match,

01:22but can he still be as focused in concentration?

01:28Is that going to be up to get the job done as quickly as possible?

01:32Because that's what he'll want.

01:34Now, are those two reds a potential plant?

01:42Got a wonderful reception, Ding Zhongwei.

01:44Of course, he's been based in Shefu for many years now.

01:47He's got his academy here.

01:49I think he had a glance at the two reds.

01:55And I don't think they're in line for the pocket.

01:59There you can see going to the right side of it.

02:01He's back looking at the plant.

02:06To make the plant, he'd have to hit the red on the right side as we look at it to squeeze it.

02:16If they're close together, sometimes you can squeeze the plant.

02:24But hitting it on that side, there was no way he could make it.

02:27But a very good safety shot.

02:35There's the safety success, right?

02:38Luka ahead in that.

02:42Well, he'll be ahead in most of the stats, I would imagine.

02:45Pot success, right?

02:47When you're in the 90s, you know things are going well.

02:57And that's the long pot success stat.

03:00Way ahead in that.

03:09This is a bit of a chance.

03:10And he can get between the red and black on the way around the table here if he pops this.

03:27That's a bit of a result there with the red up next to the yellow.

03:32You can't see that.

03:37He's hampered slightly to take this pot on.

03:44He could get on the black, but the green's hampering him.

03:48And the thing is with things your own way, one mistake and he knows it's all over.

03:53So he's going to play a cushion first, hoping to catch this half ball and send it up the table.

04:03That's okay.

04:23Very, very lucky there to finish in this position.

04:43He could have left Ding Zhongwei right in amongst them there once he cannoned into the reds.

04:48Please make sure your phones are silent.

04:50Goodbye, Linda.

05:21Going very awkward with the Reds heading up the other end of the table.

05:32I think it was John Higgins against Joe O'Connor, Stephen.

05:35I don't know if you were on that game.

05:3614 Reds finished up past the Blue,

05:39and John Higgins won the frame with potting three Reds.

05:44Yeah, it was amazing.

05:45I think it was actually two Reds he potted.

05:48Never seen anything like it.

05:56Luka refused a Red.

05:58His last visit to the table up to the yellow pocket,

06:00which is a little bit of a surprise.

06:03I mean, the way he got to this lead

06:05is by pretty much all-out aggression.

06:10I don't think...

06:13He needs to start getting defensive now,

06:15needing just one frame.

06:16He hasn't played a good shot there.

06:19The white should have been tight in the cushion,

06:21so Deng Xiaonwei can have a go at this Red

06:23into the right middle pocket.

06:27Just a little bit awkward

06:28to finish on green or brown,

06:31so he's not guaranteed

06:33good position if he rolls this in the middle pocket.

06:37just looking at the angle.

06:48If he rolled that Red in the middle pocket,

06:50he'd sort of cannon the green and brown,

06:51so...

06:54fusing that one.

06:55Oh, the Red's coming back up.

07:00Doesn't want to hit the white.

07:02That was close.

07:09Again, that's...

07:10You know, you could admire the discipline there from Deng.

07:13As I said,

07:14you think at 12-4 down,

07:16you just basically go for everything

07:17and see where it takes you,

07:18but still playing

07:19what he thought was the correct shot

07:23was to refuse that Red to right middle.

07:33Does this Red pot?

07:34Well, it was a clever shot.

07:43He had a go at this.

07:44Well,

07:45the odds against getting the plant,

07:47but look where he put the cue ball

07:48just in case he might have got the plant.

07:52Right on the black

07:54and everything was safe.

07:56So there was no risk with that plant.

08:04a little bit harder.

08:27That Red would have been in the middle pocket

08:29and now

08:30it's a big pocket.

08:32Luca Bussell

08:33can put one red in off that one.

08:40He can do it with the red

08:42that's closest to the black

08:43or that one you're looking at there.

08:46And he'd be on the blue.

08:53So here we go then.

08:54If he's going to win the match

09:08after putting that red in

09:10off the other one,

09:11if he's going to win the match here

09:12just to have a look at the table

09:15it'll be some break.

09:17six

09:26already on this red

09:28and a way to open up

09:29the three reds beside the pink

09:30and stay in black.

09:32Seven

09:32Yeah, that red

09:34in off the other one

09:35made it look easy

09:37but it wasn't.

09:38great to see Luca Bussell back

10:04playing the snooker

10:06where he's played in this match.

10:13Such a talent.

10:21When you think that

10:22he could possibly

10:23there was a chance

10:24he was going to drop off

10:25the tour

10:25this year

10:27two years after winning

10:28the world championship

10:29such was

10:29his

10:31kind of fall

10:32from grace.

10:34Such was a dip in form

10:35since winning

10:36here.

10:38I mean

10:38when you see him

10:39the way he's played

10:40in this match

10:41you think

10:41why is he not

10:42why is he not winning

10:44every other week?

10:4523

10:45That was

10:48we always say Dennis

10:49there's more

10:49more than just talent

10:50you need

10:51in this game.

10:57I think the longer

10:59matches suit Luca

11:00as well

11:00it's given him

11:01a chance

11:01to settle in here.

11:0330

11:04Best of 19

11:06in the first round

11:06two sessions

11:07once you get past that

11:08and you're into

11:09the three sessions

11:10you can just relax

11:13a bit more

11:13and

11:13I suppose

11:16a lot of the matches

11:17in the season

11:17best of sevens

11:19and that he was

11:19losing

11:21whereas the longer

11:23matches will suit him

11:24and I'm with you

11:26it's great to see him

11:27performing like this

11:28the way he did

11:29when he lifted the title

11:30a couple of years ago

11:40and now the hard work

11:42starts with those reds

11:44all up the other

11:44end of the table

11:45minor than there

11:47and straight away

11:51it's run

11:52a little awkward

11:53yeah

11:59it's red to

12:00right middle

12:01he's got a bridge

12:02over another red

12:03to get to

12:03and there's no colour

12:04available to

12:05the yellow pocket

12:06so

12:09it's hard to see

12:10how he can get

12:11nicely on a colour

12:12after this

12:13the harder you hit

12:17this

12:17it is actually

12:18missable

12:18so he's basically

12:20just dropped it

12:21in

12:21dead weight

12:22can he get to

12:23the middle of the

12:24cue ball to put

12:25this blue

12:25well judging by his

12:26body language

12:27he can't

12:28so again

12:34if he's going to

12:36play the blue

12:37it's such a

12:38difficult shot

12:39because you've

12:40got to play at

12:40pace

12:41so that's why

12:41he's taking the

12:41pink

12:42that was all

12:52caused by getting

12:53wrong side of the

13:07blue but that's all

13:21forgotten now

13:22this is the beginning

13:24of the end I think

13:25of this match

13:25after that

13:26outrageous

13:27fluke

13:2847

13:2948

13:34I was just about to say

13:37Ding Zhongwei comes to the table

13:38he's 42 behind

13:39it's going to take

13:40some clearance with the reds

13:44all up this end

13:44but that fluke pink

13:46has put an end to it

13:47and possibly put an end

13:49to this match

13:5153

13:55ding Zhongwei started this match

14:07with a break of 141

14:09and then he had back-to-back centuries

14:13to finish the session yesterday

14:16so he's made three century breaks

14:19and I think against any other player

14:21he probably could have gone on to win

14:24yeah he's just been totally outplayed

14:29and what a match

14:30we've got to look forward to now

14:32Judd Trump

14:33against Luka Bricell

14:35both in top form

14:38be the kind of snooker

14:40that

14:40I love to watch

14:42for one

14:43yeah there won't be a lot of

14:48tactical play in that

14:49you wouldn't think

14:50although they're both

14:51terrific

14:53safety

14:53players

14:54when they need it

14:56Ding's undoing his cue

14:59as you can see there

14:59the handshake will be coming shortly

15:07even if he doesn't

15:09continue the break

15:11but look at that shot

15:12played to perfection

15:1371

15:15doesn't matter about that

15:24Ding will come forward

15:25to congratulate Luka Bricell

15:27Ding Zhongwei

15:29you have three century breaks

15:30but you're up against a player

15:32that has been absolutely magnificent

15:35and in the end

15:36Luka Bricell

15:37wins very comfortably

15:3913 frames to 4

15:41thank you

(Session 3) Luca Brecel Vs Ding Junhui - HALO World Championship 2025

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