Ding Junhui was China's original superstar of snooker, paving the way for many lucrative snooker tours to be held in China, and at the same time, he also inspired more young Chinese snooker players to participate in them and achieve quite good results.
Over the years, Ding Junhui has almost become China's forgotten snooker hero, since winning the World Open championship in 2017, Ding Junhui has only won the British Championship in 2019, and the record in other competitions has been mediocre, until now the world ranking has dropped to 32nd, until the just-concluded Turkish Masters, Ding Junhui's competitive state has recovered.
In 2003, he moved to the professional snooker tournament, and in his 19-year career, there is nothing more shocking than Ding Junhui's victory over Stephen Hendry in the final of the China Open and his debut on the stage of snooker history. Also since that year, many top players, including Roño Sullivan, have great respect for Ding Junhui's competitive strength.
Ding Junhui, who has achieved great success, is now facing great pressure, because it has been difficult for Ding Junhui to play well in the game for two years and play the results he deserves. In the final of the 2016 World Championships, Ding Junhui lost 14-18 to Mark Selby and did not qualify for the world championship, and to this day the World Championship is still the game that Ding Junhui has to work for.
Still, the 34-year-old Ding Junhui is still young and still has the strength to compete with the world's top players, and fans have seen this in the just-concluded Turkish Masters. In this regard, Ding Junhui is very calm, he said: "I may not be the first Chinese player to win the world championship, but my dream is still there, I am still working hard, I will persevere until the day the club is hung." ”
"I'm very relieved that now there are more young players in China rushing ahead and achieving quite good results, such as Yan Bingtao, as well as Zhao Xintong, Fan Zhengyi, Si Jiahui is also doing well, he is very talented, I am proud of them." The fans are starting to pay attention to them, which should be a good thing for me. ”
"I never thought I would be at the top of China snooker again, in competitive sports, there will always be someone to take your place, of course, I will do my best to reach the peak state." 」 At this year's Turkish Masters, Ding Junhui played a wonderful performance of 7 strokes to break 13 strokes and 50 plus. Ding Junhui continued: "This season I have been practicing hard, and I have slowly found some feelings in the competition, and now there are more Chinese players in front of me, I am very relaxed. ”
"The World Championships, it's a tough race, in it anything can happen because I know very well that I've been through it a few times. As a snooker player, I'm still young and I still believe I can win the world championship, and I'll do my best to do that until the day I retire. I will do my best to give everything I can to make this happen. ”