When it comes to Chinese snooker, I believe that the name Ding Junhui will be the first time in the minds of fans, although the 34-year-old has not performed well in recent seasons, but no one can deny his great contribution to China's snooker.
Recently, Ding Junhui has once again appeared on the hot search, the reason is also because he has encountered another round of travel in the competition, first in the British Championship in the second round of the ranking officially fell out of the top 16, and then lost to Zhang Anda in the Scottish Open qualifiers and did not qualify for the next many events this season.
There is no doubt that in the face of Ding Junhui's continuous decline in the state, many fans have begun to accuse him, and there are many insults between the words, and even more directly shouting that Ding Junhui is better off retiring.
The reason why fans have lost confidence in Ding Junhui is because in recent years his mind has been spent in the commercial field and thus abandoned training, but is this really the case? In the face of many problems, Red Star Interview recently contacted Ding Junhui who is far away in the Uk, and conducted an exclusive interview with Ding Junhui on a series of questions. (The following parts are from Red Star News)
First, Ding Junhui said that business activities did not affect his training
Familiar fans are well aware that Ding Junhui, especially after winning the 2019 British Championship, began to receive a large number of advertising endorsements and often attended major commercial events, so fans also believe that Ding Junhui gave up training in order to make money, resulting in a decline in status.
Ding Junhui: When I returned to China, I was also insisting on my own training, sometimes the growth and maturity of an athlete is not only on the field, no matter at any time, an athlete's focus is training and competition, and I will not give up my training because of commercial activities.
Second, Ding Junhui said that the contact with short videos is not to make money
After the end of last season's World Championships, Ding Junhui returned to China early and officially registered a short video account, and gained about seven million fans in a short period of time, which is why many fans believe that Ding Junhui is also taking the road of "Internet celebrity".
Ding Junhui: I am not making money through the short video platform as the outside world says, in fact, my original intention of making short videos is not to monetize, but to let more people know about snooker through my daily releases, so as to promote more people to contact the sport.
Ding Junhui said that losing is not a "mental breakdown"
Due to Ding Junhui's frequent losses in recent tournaments, many fans believe that Ding Junhui has a psychological problem, and there will be a change of mentality at any time in the face of the game, and some fans even believe that Ding Junhui has no longer given up the sport of snooker through Ding Junhui's intriguing expression under the field.
Ding Junhui: The fans have over-interpreted my expression and body movements, athletes on the field are constantly adjusting, some expressions can be entertained, but I do not agree with the statement that I gave up the game, no player will give up the game, nor will he give up on himself because of a temporary low.
Through the above interview, it can also be clearly felt that Ding Junhui, as the leader of China's snooker, has endured a lot of pressure and is also chagrined in the face of his gradual decline.
Objectively speaking, Ding Junhui's comprehensive strength is still the most comprehensive of Chinese players, but now Ding Junhui's psychology and mentality have irresistible problems, if we can find the confidence of the past, put aside distractions, we definitely have reason to believe that the former Ding Junhui will come back.