Ding Junhui ‘furious’ after rare error in International Championship defeat to Kyren Wilson - ‘I've not seen many fouls like that’

Ding Junhui appeared ”furious” after a costly mistake saw him almost squander the seventh frame in his International Championship encounter with Kyren Wilson. Trailing 4-2, Ding lined up to play the yellow from the rest, only to nudge a red before he had the chance to take his shot.

'A series of mistakes' - Shocking foul costs Ding dearly during clash with Wilson

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The error initially caused confusion among the TNT Sports commentators, before it became clear Ding had inadvertently ”shoved” the red.

”Oh my goodness,” TNT Sports’ Neal Foulds said. ”What has he done? What has he fouled? Ding was immediately disappointed. He knew he’d made a foul.

”I don’t know what it was. Did he touch the red with his waistcoat? Did he feather the cue ball? A replay might give us further information.

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”A curious frame. A series of mistakes amidst all the excellent break building.”

After a replay cleared up the confusion, Foulds said: ”Ding was furious. He’s given the red a big old shove there.”

Dave Hendon added: ”There was no doubt there.

You can see that he was ready to contest it and I know why now - because the red moved about six inches. I’ve not seen very many fouls like that before.”

Foulds noted: ”A very significant one, potentially, with Wilson looking to go three clear, which would put him in a very strong position - within one of victory.”

Despite the error gifting Wilson an inviting table, the 34-year-old missed a routine green, allowing Ding to take the frame with a spectacular long-range cut on the brown.

However, Wilson ultimately edged the contest 6-4 to set up a semi-final encounter with Fan Zhengyi, who saw off Hossein Vafaei 6-3.

Fan’s contest with Vafaei featured a dramatic opening frame, in which the 32-year-old Iranian came back from a 72-4 deficit to win on the re-spotted black.

Fan responded brilliantly and looked set to cruise to a comfortable 6-2 victory, only for Vafaei to win a marathon eighth frame.

The comeback appeared to be on, with Vafaei seemingly on course to take the next frame too, only for Fan to secure his second-ever ranking quarter-final win with some ambitious cueing.

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