The British Championship opened, and Ding Junhui ushered in the points defense battle

On November 23, local time, the British Championship, one of the three snooker competitions, will be unveiled at the Barbican Centre in London. The high-profile event, which has a prize fund of up to £200,000, attracted 128 players, including first-tier stars such as O'Sullivan, Trump, Ding Junhui and Yan Bingtao. The Chinese legion has a total of 24 people to fight, in terms of strength and heritage, it is Yan Bingtao and Ding Junhui who shoulder the heavy responsibility of winning the championship.

Bottoming out in a blessed land?

The British Championship is a blessing for China's brother Ding Junhui, who won the tournament when he first turned professional at the age of 18 and has since been crowned twice in 2009 and 2019. However, Ding Junhui this season in addition to the low attendance of the clock, but also still a state of mystery, England lost to Higgins did not qualify for the quarterfinals, the crown was reversed by Higgins in a 3:1 lead, and the German Masters qualifiers are even less than Mark Davis, such Ding Junhui is naturally not optimistic about the strength in the British Championship to the end.

This year's British Championship Ding Junhui sits in the 7/8 zone, the first round against Zhang Anda, if Ding Junhui continues the tradition of civil war, passing the first round will not be a problem. Next, Ding Junhui against the winner of Dahdi and Creggy, normal play can be promoted, but in order to get the quarter-finals is likely to PK Higgins again, this season's England and crown in the face of "Wizards" suffered two consecutive defeats, Ding Junhui to bite this hard bone must make himself stronger.

If Ding Junhui plays a good level to catch the wizard, the opponent competing for the final four is most likely the world champion Selby. While the Joker has yet to take the title this season, in the latest interview, Selby claimed the British Championship was ready. According to the cufficiency's skill and background, he can play 80% of the level, which is enough for any opponent to drink a pot. Therefore, if Ding Junhui encounters Selby, I am afraid that he is also fierce and less lucky, and the odds of winning are very small.

It is worth mentioning that the 2021 British Championship is also the most critical battle of Ding Junhui's "points defense war". According to the regulations, Ding Junhui will fall out of the top 16 in the world after deducting the 2019 British Championship championship points, so only by winning the championship or reaching the final can he keep the ranking. However, the 2019-2020 season Ding Junhui's start performance was also very dismal, and as a result, with the British Championship winning the championship to stop the bleeding in time, it is expected that Ding Junhui can once again replicate the "return of the king" feat two years ago.

Yan Bingtao about to fight O'Sullivan

In contrast, Yan Bingtao has a stable record this season, reaching the final four and England in the final four and England in the championship. In the 2021 British Championship, Yan Bingtao is in the 3/8 zone, the first round against Hong Kong, China's female player Wu Anyi, the strength gap between the two sides is large, Yan Bingtao's promotion suspense is not large, and the roadblock to the quarterfinals is undoubtedly Karen Wilson, if you want to enter the final four, you may have to accept the challenge of Bingham or O'Sullivan.

This season's Northern Ireland Match Yan Bingtao decided to pick out O'Sullivan, O'Sullivan praised after the game: "Yan Bingtao is a natural champion, Ding Junhui if he has Yan Bingtao's quality, he can win three or four world championships." "Now that Yan Bingtao has the ability and quality to win the British Championship, it is worth waiting to see whether he can open the championship mode at The York Barbican In 2021."

O'Sullivan, who worries Chinese fans, is divided into 4/8 zones, with bingham's number one opponent in the same zone and Karen Wilson and Yan Bingtao in the quarter-finals. In fact, whether O'Sullivan can achieve the great feat of the Eight Crowns of the British Championship, how far he goes in the competition, mainly depends on his own state and attitude, although he has fallen into a championship drought for more than a year, but O'Sullivan has always attached great importance to the British Championship, and we have reason to look forward to seeing O'Sullivan entering the serious mode.

In addition, defending champion Robertson town guarded the 1/8 zone, the quarterfinals are likely to be fought with Maguire or Williams, while the other champion, Hotrump, is in the 5/8 zone, and it is not surprising that he will pass all the way to the quarterfinals, and the next quarterfinals are expected to stage a strong dialogue with Murphy and Allen.

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Source: Purple Cow News