Ding Junhui vs Jack Lisowski prediction and betting tips on April 23, 2024
The World Snooker Championship is gaining momentum, the first sensations have already been recorded, without which there is no way. On April 23 Ding Junhui - Jack Lisowski will play their first round match, the forecast for the match is made by Dailysports specialists.
Ding Junhui
The Chinese snooker player is very familiar to the fans of this kind of billiards, from Dean you can learn calmness and composure. The player has many nicknames, but "imperturbable" suits him best, it is hard to read any emotions on his face.
When it comes to playing achievements, Dean was once number one in the world rankings, and is even in the snooker hall of fame. A clear gap in his biography is the absence of a world title, in 2016 he reached the final of the tournament.
The athlete is 37 years old, he occupies the seventh line in the world ranking, this year there were no bright results, although you can remember the final of the World Open tournament, there Dean lost to Trump with a score of 4:10.
Jack Lisowski
Jack Lisowski, an Englishman with Ukrainian roots, can be considered as a strong middleweight in the world snooker. The player is 32 years old and is ranked 17th in the world rankings. If we analyze this year, the athlete didn't have any breakthrough results.
Lisowski started this World Championships with qualification, where he won two confident victories, first he defeated Chinese Hongyu - 10:4, and then he defeated experienced Welsh player Matthew Stevens - 10:3. At the World Championships Lisowski has never gone further than the 1/8 finals stage, let's see if there will be a breakthrough this time.
Interesting facts about the match and history of personal meetings
- If you believe the statistics, the rivals crossed paths only three times, with the last meeting taking place five years ago, in all cases confidently won Dean.
- Lisowski won 4 of the last 5 meetings.
- Ding has 6 wins in 8 of their last 8 meetings.
Ding Junhui vs Jack Lisowski Prediction
If we take the status and experience, here the advantage is on the side of the Chinese athlete, and bookmakers give him a slight advantage. The main advantage of Lisowski is that he has already gained confidence at this tournament, when he defeated two opponents in qualifying. We will risk to bet here on a clean win for Dean.