Ding Junhui beats Xu Si to secure spot in International Championship final

Ding Junhui beat Xu Si 9-6 to space up a closing against Chris Wakelin on the Global Championship in Nanjing.

Xu had knocked in breaks of 137 and 113 on the technique to a 5-3 lead on the stop of the foremost session through which Ding’s best damage became as soon as a 119.

The three-time UK Championship winner took the foremost three frames of the evening’s play against his Chinese compatriot to circulation 6-5 in entrance sooner than Xu levelled at 6-6.

Within the last stretch, amid rising tension, Ding took the following two frames, which incorporated a struggling with 66 in the 14th body.

The 37-year-feeble, who has not won a rating title since his 2019 UK Championship triumph, then made a 58 to get victory and a plight in the last.