At 21 o'clock on December 3, Beijing time, the final of the 2023 Snooker British Championship will start, the final will be played by Ding Junhui against O'Sullivan, the final will use 19 rounds to grab 10 wins, divided into two stages, the first stage at 21 o'clock, the second stage at 3 am on the 4th, the champion is 250,000 pounds, and the runner-up also has 100,000 pounds.
Championship Trophy
Throughout this British Championships, Ding Junhui can be said to face strong opponents all the way, because he did not qualify for the world's top 16 seeds, players who are promoted from the qualifying tournament will face the top 16 seeds in the first round, and looking back at Ding Junhui all the way forward, all the top 16 in the world are encountered, until the final to face the world's No. 1 O'Sullivan, if he wins the championship, he can be called the highest gold medal in history The British Championship champion, let's review Ding Junhui's promotion to the opponent's battle:
In the first round of the 1/16 game, Ding Junhui defeated the defending champion Mark Allen 6:5 to advance to the round of 16, Allen ranked fourth in the world, and lost to Allen in the final last year.
Finish the world's No. 4 Allen
In the second round of the 1/8 finals, Ding Junhui hit three more shots to break 100 and finally defeated Tom Fordde with a total score of 6-3 to advance to the top 8.
Pick off Forde and regain the sixteenth in the world
In the third round of the 1/4 finals, Ding Junhui lost two games in a row against the world's No. 8 Mark Williams! Fortunately, he quickly recovered, 2-2 at halftime, and won another game 3-3 after returning at halftime, and then Xiao Ding overtook 4-3 after breaking 100! In the eighth game, the two sides tug-of-war for an hour, and finally Ma Wei won the score to 4-4. Next, Ma Wei won 5-4 to get the match point, but Xiao Ding won with a single stroke to tie the tie, and in the decisive game, Xiao Ding scored 105 points with a single stroke and finally advanced to the semifinals 6-5.
The world's 8th gold left-hander
In the semifinals, Ding Junhui played against the world's No. 2 Trump, in the first game, Xiao Te made a mistake after scoring 40 points, Xiao Ding seized the opportunity to win 1-0, and in the second and third games, Xiao Ding made mistakes in succession to send 2 games, and in the fourth game, Xiao Ding fought into the long platform and ended the first half 2-2.
Back in the second half, Xiaote fought into the long platform to lead 3-2! Then Xiaoding seized the opportunity to win two consecutive games with a single stroke of 50+ to overtake the score to 4-3, and then a game Xiaote seized the opportunity to tie 4-4, and then Xiaote lost another game 4-5, Xiaoding got the match point, and in the 10th game, Xiaote knocked out the middle bag and gave a big gift, Xiaoding won 6-4, this can be said to be full of gold, you must know that Xiaote is in hot form this year, and has won 3 championships and 2 runners-up.
Win second in the world
Final: Ding Junhui vs O'Sullivan, if Xiao Ding wins the championship, it can be called the champion of the British Championship with the highest gold content in history!