On the evening of January 8, Beijing time, the 2024 Snooker Masters staged a focus battle in London, England, and the Chinese snooker brother Ding Junhui and "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan launched the 34th "Ding Olympics" PK.
The first Masters match of the Chinese Legion was played by Guangdong star Zhang Anda, and in the face of the strong "Magician" Murphy, Da Zai's Masters debut ended in failure.
After the victory, Murphy admitted frankly in an interview: Because Zhang Anda is one of the best players this season, he prepared in advance after the end of the British Championship and practiced hard every day, so his hard work was rewarded for his hard work.
It seems that playing the three major competitions is actually very involuted.
The 34th "Ding Olympics" of Ding Junhui and O'Sullivan, who became the only snooker seed in China without a fight, is obviously the most eye-catching focus in the first round of this competition.
17 years ago, that is, at the 2007 Masters, Ding Junhui, who was only 20 years old at the time, participated in the game with a wild card, and his performance in the first round against the veteran Hamilton was very amazing, and he actually scored the second perfect score of 147 in the history of the Masters after 23 years, becoming the youngest player since the TV broadcast.
If it weren't for the hooligans at the scene who maliciously abused and attacked Ding Junhui off the field, causing the collapse, O'Sullivan might not have been able to win the final, because Ding Junhui's state at the beginning of the final was almost perfect, which made O'Sullivan breathless.
At the end of last month, Director Ding did his best to be a landlord and rushed to Macao and Lhasa with fire to make money, but this time it was obviously different from the exhibition competition, and every shot had a hidden killing intention.
This is the second time that the two sides have played in three major competitions since the final of this season's British Championship:
In the first game of this campaign, O'Sullivan made a major mistake in defending the ball to form a second K, and the cue ball accidentally stayed near the middle pocket on the left side, Ding Junhui pushed the red ball at half an angle, and after scoring 23 points in a row, there was a mistake without warning.
After a defensive round, O'Sullivan seized Ding Junhui's defensive loophole and went into the far platform, took over the difficult situation, and then counterattacked with a single stroke of 60+ to take the lead 1-0.
In the second game, Ding Junhui's simple ball was inexplicably lost (as shown in the picture above), and O'Sullivan's many "assists" did not open the situation for a long time.
In the stalemate, Director Ding's defense was useless, and O'Sullivan grabbed points twice to win the game 2-0.
In the 3rd game, Ding Junhui once again faced the rocket's assist (as shown below), and continued to fall into the cycle of position deviation, excessive pursuit of accurate calibration and K ball, resulting in a setback in continuous scoring.
O'Sullivan opened the game for the third time with the far platform, and after getting started, he hit a single shot to win and expand to 3-0.
The game has lost suspense prematurely, and the Chinese snooker brother is in a state like sleepwalking.
In the 4th game, O'Sullivan tried to hit 147 perfect scores, but only completed 7 sets of red and black combinations.
4-0, Director Ding's promotion is slim.
The two sides went into half-time.