In the first round of the 2024 Snooker Wembley Masters, Ding Junhui and O'Sullivan faced off at the peak, Ding Junhui broke out in three consecutive games under the adversity of falling behind 0-4 in the opening game, and in the seventh game, he shot out a perfect score of 147, and even O'Sullivan couldn't help but stand up and cheer, shook hands with his good friend Ding Junhui, and sent sincere blessings. Ding Junhui made history and became the first player in history to shoot two 147s at the Wembley Masters! The fly in the ointment is that Ding Junhui finally lost 3-6.
Ding Junhui against the snooker legend O'Sullivan, he was not optimistic before the game, and Ding Junhui was indeed confused in the first few games, often starting first, but there was a mistake to give away the opportunity, O'Sullivan won four games in a row in one go, and also blasted out a single shot to break 100, 4-0 ahead. Billiards Emperor Hendry said in the commentary that this has become O'Sullivan's personal performance, a one-sided game.
However, Ding Junhui quickly "slapped the billiards emperor in the face", he found his touch in the fifth game, scored 56 points in a single stroke, and became more and more courageous in the sixth game, scoring 92 points in a single stroke, not giving O'Sullivan a chance to come on stage at all. And in the seventh game, Ding Junhui felt even hot, one red and one black continuous attack, and controlled the situation through the world's top cue ball moves, except for the last color ball stage when the yellow ball was called, some tension was too strong, and the overall look was still very freehand. Ding Junhui showed a soft feel, the pink ball shook twice at the mouth of the bag, and finally the black ball advanced steadily!
This is indeed a milestone moment, Ding Junhui raised his arms after scoring 147, it was difficult to hide his excitement, the audience was boiling, the key is that the relationship between O'Sullivan and Ding Junhui is really iron, it seems that he is happier than Ding Junhui, shaking hands and hugging Ding Junhui, this snooker superstar has deep feelings for Ding Junhui and Chinese fans.
Ding Junhui hit a total of 7 strokes of 147 in his career, the last time was back in 2016, after 8 years, Ding Junhui hit 147 again, does it mean that the 36-year-old Ding Junhui has finally matured? Interestingly, Ding Junhui's first shot of 147 in his career was also shot at the Wembley Masters, which was in 2007. The Wembley Masters is the grandest and most authoritative snooker invitational tournament, and no one can shoot two 147s in this event before Ding Junhui.