In the early morning of December 3, Beijing time, the 2023 Snooker British Championship ended the second semi-final, and the three-time British Championship champion "China's first brother" Ding Junhui was in hot condition, defeating the world's No. 2 Judd Trump 6-4 and easily advancing to the final. In the championship match, Ding Junhui will face 7-time British Championship champion "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan.
The Snooker British Championship is one of the three major snooker events and the oldest important snooker event, with a prize of up to 2.2 million yuan. As a three-time British Championship champion, Ding Junhui defeated defending champions Mark Allen, Tom Forde, and Mark Williams in a row to advance to the top 4 and face Judd Trump in the semifinals.
In the first round, Trump's Masters teenager Pang Junxu. In this game, Trump showed the hot state when he won the English Open, Wuhan Open, and Northern Ireland Open in a row before back-to-back, and hit 2 shots to break 100 and 2 strokes of 50+, and easily defeated Pang Junxu 6-1. In the 1/8 finals, Trump's opponent was Jamie Jones, ranked 45th in the world.
In this match with Jones, the whole thing was Trump's personal performance, and the "King of Accuracy" swept the opponent 6-0 in six straight games with a strong attack. In the game, he shot one shot to break 100 and two shots of 50+, and the opponent did not have a performance of more than 50+, which shows the big gap between the two.
In the first two rounds, Trump showed his invincible state this season to the fullest, and only lost one game against Pang Junxu and Jones. There is no doubt that Trump, with such a hot performance, has undoubtedly become the biggest favorite to win the British Championship this year.
After Trump's successive victories over Pang Junxu and Jones, he ushered in the three-time world champion Mark Selby in the subsequent quarterfinals. In this game, Trump continued to show his hot form, directly beating Monselby 4-0 at the beginning, and finally advanced to the semifinals 6-3. In the semifinals, Trump faced Ding Junhui, and after fierce competition, Ding Junhui advanced to the finals 6-4, congratulations to Ding Junhui!