Ding Junhui is back, and yes, the Ding Junhui who once brought joy and happiness to Chinese fans may really be back in everyone's sight. Although he failed to win the title in Group 6 in the Champions League, it is clear that Ding Junhui's change can be seen. After missing the final, Ding Junhui very rarely showed his true thoughts on social media. I have to say that after two seasons of extreme downturn, Ding Junhui, once a Chinese brother and the world's top snooker master, may really come back in the new year. This is indeed a thing worthy of praise, and I believe rocket O'Sullivan will laugh happily.
One of the changes: performance on the field
I have to say that without Ding Junhui, it is estimated that there will be no development of the snooker movement in China today, and it is even less likely that young talents such as Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao will appear. It can be said that in the past ten years, the Chinese snooker movement has been almost promoted by Ding Junhui with his own strength. It is his outstanding performance and vigorous promotion that have made snooker in China from an unpopular sport to a popular sport today, allowing more young people to join the sport of snooker, which has led to excellent young players such as Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao.
However, in the past two seasons, Ding Junhui has fallen into an extremely depressed state, not only failing to win the championship of any one event, but even appearing in a round of travel many times, which is jokingly called "Ding Round" by some fans. In fact, every player will have a bad time, but Ding Junhui will make him particularly eye-catching because of his previous glory and the expectations of fans.
Entering 2022, Ding Junhui's performance on the field is obviously better. Although the first game in the Chinese derby, in the lead, was reversed by the rising star Yan Bingtao, failed to achieve a good start. But in the ensuing matches, twice he stabilized in the decider and defeated his opponent. This is indeed difficult to see in Ding Junhui in the past two seasons. It can be seen that Ding Junhui's performance on the field has indeed picked up a lot. Although in this group, the semi-finals were lost, and they failed to enter the final to meet Yan Bingtao. But from the perspective of the whole game, Ding Junhui is indeed slowly regaining his former self.
Change number two: mindset
In the past two seasons, Ding Junhui's sluggish performance has been analyzed by many fans and experts to analyze why Ding Junhui is so depressed. The reason for the most talk is Ding Junhui's mentality, because in the eyes of many people, Ding Junhui, as the world's number one, is still very young, and his technical level has not dropped a lot. The reason why it will be depressed is more of a matter of mentality. Today, Ding Junhui is also aware of this problem, and his changes can be seen in the recent matches.
In many previous games, fans can see that Ding Junhui is often serious, his expression is heavy, and he rarely feels relaxed. But now, in the Champions League, you can see Ding Junhui, who is not the same as before, and he has more smiles on his face and more relaxed expressions. This is also an important reason why he can laugh to the end many times in the decider, after all, a more relaxed mentality tends to play better.
Change Number Three: Self-Motivated
Previously, many people thought that the reason why Ding Junhui did not perform well was because he was not self-motivated, especially after becoming a monopoly, he basically did not have too many thoughts of moving forward. However, after entering 2022, Ding Junhui's self-motivation is back, and he is determined to change himself well. On the first day of the new year, he made it clear that he still loved the sport of snooker, and also said: "Since you have come from the trough, how can you be afraid of the pre-dawn haze?" ”
After losing the Champions League semi-finals, Ding Junhui also showed his ambitions in the next 12 words with a very relaxed mentality.
Ding Junhui displayed a box of video tapes on social platforms, and said: "I found out the training videos of 2003 and 2004 and learned from Ding Junhui in those two years." ”
Study with Ding Junhui in those two years, these 12 words may be said that this does not represent anything, but if you understand Ding Junhui at that time, you can understand the meaning of this.
Ding Junhui, born in 1987, was only 16 years old in 2003. The year before, at the age of 15, he had already won the Asian Championship and the gold medal at the Asian Games. In 2003, at a young age, he was already a Chinese brother, and this year he twice defeated the then world number one Mark Williams in the competition. In 2004, Ding Junhui, who participated in the Masters as a wild card for the first time, eliminated Joe Perry, a master of the world's top 16, in the first round, which impressed the world snooker community. After this, Ding Junhui began his brilliant career, winning many championships.
That is to say, the glory of Ding Junhui's career began after 2003 and 2004, when Ding Junhui was in an upward period. Today, Ding Junhui recalls 2003 and 2004, which shows that he is showing people his ambition to learn from himself and re-enter the upward path of his career.
This, believed in his old rival and old friend O'Sullivan, saw this and smiled happily. Previously, O'Sullivan had publicly criticized Ding Junhui many times, angering him, and being in such a depressed state at such a young age that he focused more on the snooker cause. Today, Ding Junhui's ambition is enough to prove that the former king Ding Junhui may really be back.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that from the dynamics released by Ding Junhui, his mentality is indeed very different from before. Because, even if the current record is average, he has been able to face it with a relaxed attitude.