On the morning of September 29, Beijing time, the snooker British Open ended the first round of all competitions. Together with the seven players who advanced the day before yesterday, a total of 11 Chinese players entered the top 32 of the tournament. In the competition held on that day, the competition between Ding Junhui and Joe Perry and was undoubtedly the most eye-catching. In the end, Ding Junhui performed well and won 4-1. This is Ding Junhui's first win in the new season. He is currently in the middle of three consecutive victories and has a gratifying recovery momentum.
This is the first main competition Ding Junhui participated in this season. He previously defeated Oliver Ryans and Ali Carter in the pre-match qualifiers of this British Open and Northern Ireland Open qualifiers respectively, and obtained the main competition qualifications of these two events and has won two consecutive victories. This match against Joe Perry is Ding Junhui's first main match in the new season.
Ding Junhui was in good condition in this game. Although he failed to score a percentage point, he scored 50+ in 4 of all 5 games. In the end, he easily defeated 48-year-old England veteran Joe Perry 4-1 and successfully advanced to the top 32. After the game, Ding Junhui made the following statement in an interview on site: "I work very hard now and have practiced a lot. Many snooker fans still like to watch me win any game, but I have not given up. Family is more important to me now, but snooker is still my career."
can read a lot of information from these words: Although the performance in recent seasons has been poor, the ranking has been declining repeatedly, and it has also been criticized and questioned by snooker fans, Ding Junhui did not intend to give up, and his main business is still snooker. At the same time, Ding Junhui's emphasis on family was also expressed through his own words, which was his responsibility as a mature man and a father. Family, wife and daughter undoubtedly have an extremely important position in the heart of this 35-year-old man.
At this point, 11 of the 19 Chinese players who entered the main competition have reached the top 32, and the balloon players such as Ding Junhui, Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao , Lu Haotian and others are all here. In the second round that started the first game, Lu Haotian won again, and he became the first player in the Chinese army to reach the top 16 of this tournament.
text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Liu Ailin
edited by Zhang Yingchuan