On May 17, Beijing time, 7-time World Championship champion "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan started his championship journey, and his first stop was Luoyang Longmen Grottoes. Here, O'Sullivan and "China's first brother" Ding Junhui staged the much-watched "Ding Olympics". In the first leg between the two sides, he defeated Ding Junhui 5-2.
In the first game of this game, the two sides played very closely after the start, and O'Sullivan took the lead in the tug-of-war, and turned to defense after 1-0. Ding Junhui also switched to defense after chasing 1-1. In the next tug-of-war, O'Sullivan found an opportunity, he scored 84 points in a single stroke, took the lead 104-7, and started strongly 1-0.
In the second game, O'Sullivan took the lead in scoring at the beginning, and turned to defense after 37-0. Ding Junhui then got back to 85-37 to pull back a game, and the score was 1-1.
In the third game, Ding Junhui continued to exert his strength, winning with a single stroke of 63 points, 95-0 clean sheet O'Sullivan, and after winning two games in a row, he broke out 2-1 to surpass the 7-time World Championship champion.
In the fourth game, Ding Junhui took the lead at the beginning, 1-0, but unfortunately there was a fatal mistake after 5-0. O'Sullivan did not leave any chance for Ding Junhui after he started, he scored 90 points in a single stroke, won 90-5, equalized 2-2, and the two sides entered the halftime break.
In the fifth game, O'Sullivan scored 134 points in a single stroke to clean up Ding Junhui and led 3-2. In the sixth game, Ding O'Sullivan scored 65 points in a single stroke, and the score became 4-2, and the 7-time World Championship champion got 2 match points very easily, and Ding Junhui had no way out.
In the seventh game, O'Sullivan took the lead in scoring at the beginning, 1-0, 50-0 after a long error, and Ding Junhui chased it to 11-50. O'Sullivan got started again, and he scored 56 points in a single stroke, 106-11 to seal the victory, win with a total score of 5-2, and win the first victory in the Luoyang Longmen Exhibition Match.