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(Ding Junhui)
On January 7, 2024, the 2024 Snooker Wimble Masters started, and "billiards genius" Ding Junhui lost to the world's "billiards brother" Oli Shawn in the first round. But in the game, Ding Junhui scored 147 full points in a single stroke.
As early as the 2016 Welsh Open, Ding Junhui also scored a perfect score of 147 in a single stroke, becoming the only player to score 147 points in a single stroke twice in the Masters so far. When the game was still ongoing, Ding Junhui rushed to the hot search, which aroused the attention and heated discussions of netizens.
Ding Junhui started practicing at the age of 8, and his parents accompanied him to pursue his dreams, paying a lot of hardships and tears. In January 2017, Ding Junhui's mother Chen Xijuan died of rectal cancer in her hometown of Yixing, Jiangsu, pushing Ding Junhui into great grief.
Now that his mother has passed away for 7 years, Ding Junhui has also become the father of a pair of children, but he still has heartache and tears when he thinks of the ups and downs he has gone through with his mother......
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(Ding Junhui and his parents)
Chen Xijuan was born in Yixing, Jiangsu Province in 1962 and has only a junior high school education. In 1985, she married Ding Wenjun in her hometown.
On April 1, 1987, the couple gave birth to their only son, Ding Junhui. Chen Xijuan and her husband did not have a fixed occupation, but opened a small store in Yixing to deal in non-staple food.
Because of her son, Chen Xijuan was regarded as an unreliable mother by her hometown. The reason is that Ding Wenjun loves billiards and often takes his son to play billiards.
8-year-old Ding Junhui is about the same height as the billiard table, and in order to make her son more comfortable playing billiards, Chen Xijuan puts bricks under her son's feet.
(Childhood Ding Junhui)
When Ding Junhui was in the third grade of primary school, the level of billiards surpassed that of many adults, and Ding Wenjun decided to train his son to eat billiards. He only let his son take Chinese and math classes at school in the morning, and took his son out to practice billiards in the afternoon.
People around him said Chen Xijuan: Your husband is too unprofessional, he will harm his son like this, and you don't care about him.
Chen Xijuan's parents even rushed over and said angrily to their daughter: Can children play billiards as food? Junhui is not good at studying now, and if he can't get into college in the future, there will be times when you cry.
In order to appease her parents, Chen Xijuan said perfunctorily: I will say that their father and son, Junhui's studies cannot be delayed. But as soon as her parents left, Chen Xijuan did not say half a word about her husband and son, but made fish and shrimp at night to improve the life of father and son.
(Ding Junhui in the early years)
In order to let their son embark on the road of billiards, in 1996, Chen Xijuan and his wife took out all their family savings and opened a billiards city in Yixing.
The couple entered 7 billiard tables, all of which were imported, and the cues, billiards, and tabletops were of the highest standard. In addition to classes in the morning, Ding Junhui spends his days practicing in billiards city. On weekends, Ding Junhui practiced in the billiards city for more than 10 hours a day.
Due to the large investment and the cold business, the billiards city loses money every month. In order to maintain the operation of the billiard city, Chen Xijuan sold her bracelets and earrings, but it was still difficult to maintain the expenses of the billiard city.
In 1997, Ding Junhui had beaten all over Yixing's invincible opponents. This year, Ding Wenjun learned from "Billiards" magazine that there is a billiards master named Li Zhong in Shanghai, who opened a billiards city in Shanghai and taught many high-level apprentices.
(Ding Junhui and his parents took a group photo in Yixing)
This summer, Ding Wenjun took his son to Shanghai to practice billiards with Li Zhong, and Chen Xi Juan guarded the grocery store at home.
The father and son's food, housing, and tuition fees are a lot of expenses. To earn more money, Chen Xi's grocery store opens at 7 a.m. and doesn't close until 10 p.m.
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In the summer of 1998, Ding Wenjun took his son to Shanghai again to play billiards with Li Zhongxue. After two round-trips, Ding Junhui and his father spent more than 30,000 yuan, all of which Chen Xi Juan earned by opening a commissary.
When Ding Wenjun took his son to learn billiards in Shanghai, he learned that there were many billiards masters in Dongguan, Guangdong, so he decided to take his son south to Dongguan.
(Ding Junhui)
When he got home, he discussed the matter with his wife. Chen Xijuan said: As long as you train your son, I will support you in whatever decision you make.
In December 1998, Ding Wenjun let his son drop out of school, and then took him to Dongguan by train. Chen Xijuan continued to stay in her hometown to open a grocery store to earn money to support the father-son's expenses.
It costs a lot to learn billiards, and after paying the tuition, Ding Wenjun only has more than 1,000 yuan left around him. The father and son couldn't afford to rent a house, so they surrounded a small house of 8 square meters with plywood in the corner of the billiards city, and they slept in it at night.
Ding Wenjun and his son ate in the cafeteria, spending two yuan each for each meal.
In 1999, Chen Xijuan sold the commissary and came to Dongguan to join her husband. The family of three rented a 9-square-meter room upstairs in Billiards City, and Chen Xi Juan cooked for the father and son to improve their lives.
(Cai Jianzhong)
Soon, Ding Junhui's two teachers, Cai Jianzhong and Li Jianbin, left Dongguan for family reasons, and Chen Xi and her husband had to take their son to Guangzhou to learn football.
As a result, the expenses of a family of three are even greater. Chen Xijuan rushed back to her hometown and prepared to sell her family's house of more than 100 square meters. In order to get rid of it quickly, she sold the house at a low price of 100,000 yuan.
Chen Xi came to Guangzhou with the money from the sale of the house and handed over all the money to her husband. In order to save money, Chen Xijuan left Guangzhou and returned to her hometown so that her husband and son could live in the corner of the billiard hall and no longer have to rent a house.
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Chen Xijuan had no place to live in her hometown, so she had to carry her suitcase back to her mother's house. The parents thought that she was divorced, and after Chen Xi Juan explained the reason, both parents were very heavy in their hearts, they did not expect that their daughter would be middle-aged, but mixed to such a point.
(Chen Xi Juan)
Chen Xijuan works in a shopping mall during the day and returns to her parents' house at night.
The neighbors all thought that Chen Xijuan was divorced, and the parents explained to them, but the other party did not believe it: divorce is not a shameful thing, what is there to be embarrassed about? The sons are more than 10 years old, if it is not divorced, can they go back to live with their parents?
Many people looked at Chen Xijuan with pity and sympathy, and she cried many times with strong self-esteem.
After Ding Junhui came to Guangzhou, he followed Wu Wenzhong to learn billiards. Wu Wenzhong's level is very high, teaching Ding Junhui for 9 months, correcting Ding Junhui's irregular movements in standing, power, and gripping, and his ball skills have improved by leaps and bounds.
(Ding Junhui)
In May 2002, Ding Junhui participated in the Asian Billiards Championship and won the championship. At 15 years old, he is the youngest Asian champion.
In August 2002, Ding Junhui participated in the World Youth Billiards Championship with the Chinese delegation, which was held in Riga, the capital of Latvia.
Of all the players in the Chinese team, only Ding Junhui broke into the top 8. The team leader analyzed the opponents behind Ding Junhui and felt that it was unlikely that he would enter the top 4, so he booked a ticket back to China in advance.
Who knew that Ding Junhui defeated his opponent and entered the top 4, and the team leader had to return the ticket. In the semifinals, Ding Junhui defeated Scottish star Benny to enter the final and finally won the championship.
(Ding Junhui in the game)
In the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, Ding Junhui won the men's singles championship and cooperated with his teammates to win the team runner-up.
In the same year, Ding Junhui went to Egypt to participate in the World Billiards Championship and won the third place.
In 2002, Ding Junhui won a total of 7 championships, which was called "Ding Junhui Year" by the media. For this reason, the Chinese Billiards Association awarded Ding Junhui the "China Billiards Special Contribution Award".
The United Kingdom is the birthplace of billiards, which is very popular and at a very high level. In 2003, Ding Junhui went to the UK to participate in professional competitions. Chen Xijuan and his wife accompanied their son to the United Kingdom, and the family of three rented a one-bedroom apartment in London.
(Ding Junhui and his parents)
Chen Xijuan and her husband have no source of income and rely on their son to play games to support their family. At that time, Ding Junhui's ranking was not high, his income was limited, and the family of three was very financially tight.
Chen Xi and her husband often go to Chinese supermarkets to buy discounted expiring food, and then go back to their residence to cook for their son.
Chen Xijuan and her husband did not understand English and had no friends, so the couple stayed in the rental house every day, cooked a meal, and waited for their son to come back to eat. It was only when their son came back that their lives were somewhat alive.
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Ding Junhui realized that his parents were lonely here and suggested that they return to China. Chen Xijuan said: There must be someone here to accompany you, otherwise we will not worry. After the couple discussed, they asked Ding Wenjun to return to China.
(Ding Junhui's life photo)
In order to increase his income, Ding Wenjun taught children to play billiards in Yixing after returning to China. Many parents imitated the way Ding Wenjun and his wife taught their son, and also let their son drop out of school early to learn billiards, but his son did not play and his studies were abandoned.
Therefore, when some parents send their children to learn billiards with Ding Wenjun, he always reminds: My son's path cannot be copied, you must not let your child drop out of school.
Chen Xijuan accompanies her son in the UK, and when she is bored during the day, she will go to the scene to watch her son practice. Although she doesn't know English, she has a cheerful personality and smiles when she sees people.
Ding Junhui's teammates liked her very much, and Chen Xijuan asked her son to bring them to dinner. Chen Xi Juan made them kelp pork rib soup, braised chicken wings and other delicacies, and everyone praised them while eating.
(Chen Xi Juan and Oli Shawn)
Even Olishavin, who is difficult to approach, has gone to Chen Xijuan's rental house many times to eat. Every time he came to eat, he had to hug Chen Xijuan.
In 2005, Ding Junhui won the British Championship.
In 2009, he won the British Championship again.
In 2011, Ding Junhui won the Wimble Masters.
In 2012, Ding Junhui won the Welsh Open and became famous all over the world.
As a professional player, Ding Junhui often travels to play around the world, and Chen Xijuan returned to Yixing to reunite with her husband.
(Ding Junhui and Zhang Yuanyuan)
As early as 2010, Zhang Yuanyuan, a female reporter from a financial magazine in Beijing, interviewed Ding Junhui, and the two fell in love. Zhang Yuanyuan is a native of Shandong, his parents were in business, and after graduating from university, she drifted in Beijing.
Chen Xijuan and her husband have met Zhang Yuanyuan and have a good impression of her. In 2014, Ding Junhui and Zhang Yuanyuan got married.
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Chen Xi Juan and her husband have since completely withdrawn from their son's life. Zhang Yuanyuan went to the United Kingdom to accompany and take care of Ding Junhui, and the couple bought a wedding house and a car in the United Kingdom, and their lives were stable and rich.
Chen Xi and her husband rarely visit relatives in the UK, and when Ding Junhui returns to China to compete, he will return to his hometown to visit his parents.
(Ding Junhui and his mother)
In July 2015, Chen Xijuan was diagnosed with rectal cancer and underwent surgery in the hospital. Ding Junhui flew back to Yixing from the UK and accompanied his mother in the hospital throughout the whole process.
After the operation, Chen Xijuan received chemotherapy treatment, her hair and eyebrows fell out, and the whole person was emaciated and emaciated. After Ding Junhui returned to the UK, he had a video exchange with his mother and cried again and again.
After Chen Xijuan was discharged from the hospital and returned home, Ding Junhui often sent special drugs to his mother from the UK, but Chen Xijuan's condition was not optimistic.
In 2016, Ding Junhui found an old Chinese medicine doctor in Shanghai to treat his mother, and after taking more than 50 doses of Chinese medicine, Chen Xi's condition improved.
(Ding Junhui)
But in December 2016, Chen Xijuan's condition suddenly deteriorated. The doctor told Ding Junhui: You have to be mentally prepared, your mother may not be able to pass this hurdle. Ding Junhui shed tears of heartache.
Due to his concern for his mother, Ding Junhui's training was intermittent, and his competition results were not satisfactory. The outside world didn't know the inside story, and they questioned Ding Junhui one after another, and some fans scolded him on the Internet, saying that he started to float after achieving some results.
In the Spring Festival of 2017, Ding Junhui gave up the German Masters and returned to Yixing to accompany his parents for the New Year. Chen Xijuan was so thin that it was almost like a changed person, and Ding Junhui's heart hurt like a needle prick.
On January 30, 2017, the third day of the Lunar New Year, Chen Xijuan unfortunately passed away due to cancer at the age of 55.
(Mr. and Mrs. Ding Junhui and their daughter)
(Recent photo of Ding Wenjun)
The early death of his mother pushed Ding Junhui and his father into great grief. With the comfort of his wife, Ding Junhui's grief was not relieved until half a year later.
Now Chen Xijuan has died of illness for 7 years, and Ding Junhui has also crossed the threshold of 37 years old and is the father of a pair of children.
As a husband and father, Ding Junhui can better understand the difficulty of his parents in cultivating him. When his mother left, Ding Junhui transplanted that filial piety to his father, allowing his father to live a stable, calm and happy old age.
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