On November 24, the British Championship of the World Snooker Tour continued its first round of competition, and a Chinese brother Ding Junhui made his debut against compatriot Zhang Anda. Because the results of this British Championship are related to Ding Junhui's world ranking situation, so from the first round of the competition has been paid special attention, perhaps because of the civil war, Ding Junhui did not encounter too much resistance, and finally in the case of playing 1 hundred, 3 shots 60+, with a 6-2 big score easily won, broke through the first round, the next round will meet the winner between Craig and Dahdy. In addition, there was a game that became a classic on the same day, the seven-time champion of the World Championships, "Emperor of Billiards", Hendry, in the duel with thai "fast gunner" Tachaia, was tragically beaten by the opponent to break 500 and 1 shot 50+, and finally 1-6 was dismal.
As one of the three competitions of the year, the British Championship has a prize money and points of up to 200,000 pounds, and Ding Junhui won the championship for the third time two years ago, creating another peak achievement for Chinese professional players. It is also with this victory that Ding Junhui has been stable in the world's top 16 in his world ranking, and has continued for two years. Now, the two-year cycle is coming to an end, Ding Junhui's ranking points will be deducted 200,000 points after this year's British Championship, coupled with his overall poor performance in these two seasons, so his world ranking is likely to fall out of the top 16 and fall all the way to about 26th. If he wants to keep his top 16 position, he must at least reach the final of this year's British Championship, so the pressure of this situation has become the focus of attention of all Chinese fans.
Judging from the situation of the signing table, Ding Junhui's first two rounds were basically signed, the first round of civil war, the second round of the opponent is not strong, the real challenge is from the fourth round, he is likely to meet the old opponent Higgins again. In the first round of the showdown with Zhang Anda, Ding Junhui came up slowly and was taken by Zhang Anda to win the first set, and then in the next three sets, Ding Junhui gradually adjusted to the position, played a single 69 points and a single 63 points, three consecutive sets, and entered the halftime break with a 3-1 super score. After starting over, Zhang Anda took the lead in seizing the opportunity, playing a break 100, and pulling back a set with a single 138-point clean sheet. Ding Junhui quickly returned to color, realistic single shot 60 points, and then also played a hundred, a single 129 points of clean sheet, coupled with the last set of winning, Ding Junhui won three consecutive sets again, and finally won 6-2, smoothly advanced, rejected the bad luck of "one round tour".
The biggest focus of the day's competition was the showdown between the seven-time champion Hendry of the World Championships and the Thai star Tachaia, in this game, the Thais, known for their rapid offensive rhythm, did not give Hendry too many opportunities, with an average time of 14.2 seconds to play 5 shots to break the hundred, two shots 50+, and finally 6-1 light hendry, strong promotion. Tachaia even scored 3 in 28 minutes in the first three innings, 129, 100 and 107 points. He also scored a single 59 in the fourth set, but was won by Hendry by a small margin. In the final two innings, Tacchaia scored another 2-shot 136 and 106 points. Hendry, who was once famous, has now fallen into the situation of "bullying by everyone", which is really sad and lamentable.