Ding Junhui played against Trump at 3:00 in the morning, and three details indicate that it is expected that the weak will defeat the strong!

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On December 2, Beijing time, the Snooker British Championship has entered the semifinals, and what is the prospect of Ding Junhui vs. Trump at 3:00 a.m. that Chinese fans are concerned about?

At 3:00 a.m., Ding Junhui VS Trump

Judging from the strength and current state, Trump's 39 crowns, 945 strokes to break 100, 8 times 147 and the world's No. 2 ranking, suppressing Ding Junhui's 23 crowns, 635 strokes to break 100, 6 times 147 and the world's No. 17 ranking, and even on the record of the two people, Ding Junhui is also slightly disadvantaged by 8-9, so is it possible for Ding Junhui to defeat the strong with the weak? Let's look at three small details.

1. The British Championships, Ding Junhui's blessed land.

So far in his career, Ding Junhui has won the British Championship three times, and as long as he reaches the semifinals, no matter who the opponent is, he can always advance to the finals. Joe Perry in 2005, Maguire in 2009, Yan Bingtao in 2019, and Thomp Forde last year, no one could stop Ding Junhui from advancing to the finals.

Even came to the finals, Ding Junhui once defeated the football king Davis, wizard Higgins and Maguire, and won the championship three times, but last year he was reversed by Allen and failed to achieve the miracle of "winning the championship as long as he enters the final".

Ding Junhui has won the British Championship three times

It's not metaphysics, the fact is that as a competitive sport, players will be more accustomed to certain venues, and can often stimulate greater potential, the British Championships can be called Ding Junhui's blessed land, and Trump, in his career of 39 championships, only won the British Championship in 2011.

We often say that the time, place, and people are favorable, and from the perspective of location, Ding Junhui has a slight advantage over Trump in the British Championships.

Second, the particularity of the record of the two.

Judging purely from the hand-to-hand record, Ding Junhui is at a slight disadvantage 8-9, but after careful scrutiny, you will find a peculiarity.

Since the semifinals of the 2011 World Championships, Ding Junhui lost 15-17, and then the two have a total of 3 large-scale qualifying semifinals or more records, Ding Junhui's record is jaw-dropping:

Looking at the semifinals of the Super League in 2011, Ding Junhui defeated Trump 5-3.

In the final of the 2014 German Masters, Ding Junhui defeated Trump 9-5 to win the championship.

In the semifinals of the 2016 National Championships, Ding Junhui defeated Trump 9-4.

Ding Junhui played better on the stage above the semifinals

That is to say, the more exciting the finals stage, the better Ding Junhui's performance will be; on the contrary, in the group stage or semifinals, his performance is not good, and this time the two play on the semi-final stage, from the particularity of the fight, Ding Junhui also occupies a slight advantage.

3. The road to promotion for the two.

Due to the previous Tianjin National Championships, Ding Junhui lost to Zhang Anda, therefore, his ranking fell out of the top 16, and he participated in the British Championships as a wild card in the 17th place, so his road to promotion was relatively bumpy, and the specific opponents were:

Ding Junhui reversed Uncle Ma 6-5 to advance to the semifinals

After eliminating Daniel Wells (world No. 81) and Robbie Williams (world No. 49) in the promotion round, he defeated world No. 4 Mark Allen in the first round, world No. 16 Thompford in the second round, and today's quarter-finals reversed world No. 9 Golden Left Hand Mark Williams, three world No. 16 players, strong opponents, Ding Junhui's state is getting better and better.

As the world's No. 2 seeded player, Trump's path to promotion was relatively easy, defeating world No. 34 Pang Junxu in the first round, world No. 45 James Jones in the second round, and only in yesterday's quarterfinals did he meet world No. 5 Mark Selby. The relatively easy road to promotion may not have allowed Trump to adjust to his best condition.

Trump beat Selby 6-3 to advance to the semifinals

If it was a warm-up before, judging from the promotion path of the two, Ding Junhui has reached his best state, and Trump may not have reached his best state, if so, it is also relatively beneficial to Ding Junhui.

At this point, let's look at the upcoming semi-final confrontation between the two of them, although Ding Junhui is at a disadvantage from the perspective of strength and current previous state, but, as mentioned in the above three small details, the British Championships is Ding Junhui's blessed land, and the two have a better record in the semi-finals stage, and the road to promotion indicates that Ding Junhui will be in better condition, and Ding Junhui is not without the possibility of defeating the strong with the weak!

Finally, I hope that Ding Junhui can defeat Trump to advance to the finals, because in the semifinals in advance, there is basically no suspense that the rocket will eliminate Wafei, who doesn't want to enjoy the "Ding Olympics" in the final of the British Championships?