On April 1 this year, Ding Junhui will usher in his 35th birthday, and his life has officially entered a new stage. But when people mention Ding Junhui's achievements in the snooker arena, the recent brilliant memory can be traced back to almost 10 years ago, after winning more than 10 consecutive race championships and British Championships, he quickly fell into a trough and still has not risen. Of course, Ding Junhui's fall to this point is not caused by external forces, but he does not seek to be motivated, in O'Sullivan's words, it is too easy to make money and lose morale.
It is often said that China's sports environment is not good, and it is difficult for athletes to develop freely. But it is in this kind of state-run sports, the whole people pay attention to sports, excellent athletes can earn a lot of money, no matter what the project, as long as they have a certain popularity, the income is far higher than the same level of foreign players, the most typical example is of course the Chinese men's football team, many people who are not even worthy of the water dispenser administrator in foreign countries can still hold tens of millions of annual salaries in China.
Ding Junhui is one of the beneficiaries of this environment, the snooker movement has a small audience in China, and after he became famous, he was considered to be the spokesperson for China's snooker. When he was young, Ding Junhui was full of technology, often playing well in large competitions with many masters, and was recognized by hendry, O'Sullivan and other predecessors. However, as he grew older, Ding Junhui slowly became less than willing to win, and participating in the game was more like a perfunctory, and the former world snooker brother has now slipped to 32nd.
Although Ding Junhui is excellent in technology, he has a fatal shortcoming, that is, he has a very poor mentality, is only good at playing downwind ball, and when he encounters adversity, it is easy to collapse. When he was young, Ding Junhui, in order to repay his parents for cultivating his kindness, still had a fighting spirit on the field, and many games would do their best. As Ding Junhui's popularity is getting higher and higher, various endorsement advertisements have followed, and his wealth value has also increased rapidly. So, we saw Ding Junhui in the variety show, and we saw Ding Junhui in the TV commercial, but we couldn't see Ding Junhui on the podium.
In the past two years, Ding Junhui has experienced the tragedy of his mother's death, which may be completely discouraged, even if he is invited to international competitions, he may not participate. At the same time, Ding Junhui caught up with the booming trend of the online live broadcasting industry, he also embarked on a new position, opened an account on major media platforms, and now has more than 7 million fans, just need to sell some goods casually, and the income is much richer than playing an international event. In the early hours of this morning, Ding Junhui reversed Mirkkins in the first round of the Turkish Masters, but how far he can go this time, I am afraid I can't expect too much.