Ding Junhui's World Championships results have slipped in 9 years, and it is difficult to focus on the game!

Dingdong Sports

2024-04-25 18:04Posted in Beijing Sports Creators

On the evening of April 24, the first round of the 2024 World Snooker Championship ended with a focus battle at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. With Ding Junhui's exit, his dream of becoming a world champion will continue to be postponed, and it is difficult to say when it will be realized.

This year is Ding Junhui's 21st year in the professional arena, and the World Snooker Championship is the top event he has always dreamed of. Only in the snooker mecca of Crucible, lifting the championship trophy, can you become the king of world snooker. For Ding Junhui, who has been in the professional arena for many years, his championship puzzle is only short of the World Championships championship to achieve a grand slam feat, but unfortunately this championship is close at hand, but it is out of reach.

In 2016, Ding Junhui achieved a major breakthrough in his career, he reached the World Championships final for the first time, becoming the first person in Asia, but he met the English star Selby at his peak, and finally lost 14-18, unfortunately missing the championship. The next year, Ding Junhui went berserk again, but he met Selby again in the semifinals, but this time he lost 15-17 and hated again. No one expected that the results of the past two years have become the highlight of Ding Junhui's World Championships, because in the following years, his results were not as good as one year after another, until he had a round for four consecutive years.

In 2018, Ding Junhui lost to Hawkins 5-13 in the quarterfinals, in 2019, Ding Junhui lost to Trump 9-13 in the second round, in 2020, Ding Junhui lost to O'Sullivan 10-13 in the second round, and since 2021, Ding Junhui has fallen in the first round for four consecutive years, including 9-10 to Bingham that year, 8-10 to Kyren Wilson in 2022, 6-10 to Wafai in 2023, and 9-10 to Lisowski in 2024. From 2016 to 2024, in nine years, Ding Junhui's World Championships results have shown a continuous big decline, which is really embarrassing.

In fact, before the World Championships every year, there will be the voice of Ding Junhui attacking the championship in the outside world, but every time I watch his game, I will feel cold until I am disheartened. As much as the so-called hope, there will be great disappointment in the end. In fact, not only the World Championships, but also in other ranking tournaments, Ding Junhui's performance is also dismal, since he won the British Championships in 2019 and won his 14th ranking championship, it has been 4 and a half years, and he has never touched the ranking tournament championship again.

Although Ding Junhui's performance on the field was not good, his family and career outside the arena were thriving, and the arrival of her two daughters made her a winner in life and a super dad. His own studio, snooker academy, new media career, and commercial endorsement are all making a lot of money. Everyone, some people will ask, is Ding Junhui short of money? What do you say? When a player no longer makes a living by playing games to earn bonuses, what motivation does he have to persevere? Ding Junhui just regards snooker as a profession and does not make a living from it.

Against this background, is it still possible for Ding Junhui's dream of becoming a world champion to come true? If you ask him, I'm afraid he doesn't know how to answer himself. But judging from his performance on and off the field over the years, he basically has the answer, since it is a dream, it may also be a dream. For Chinese fans, treat every game with the attitude of watching snooker, and don't have the indignation of "hating iron does not make steel", which will only hurt their bodies, after all, the parties are indifferent mentality.

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