Snooker stars Guo Hua and Jin Long competed in the field. Courtesy of the organizing committee
Beijing, September 26, 2020 On the evening of September 26, the 2020 Macau Snooker International Masters held a display event at the "Beijing Macau Week - Sports Event Area" on Wangfujing Pedestrian Street in Beijing, and snooker stars Guo Hua and Jin Long made an appearance on the spot and improvised their skills.
In recent years, with the continuous enrichment and strengthening of Macao's sports development policies, Macao has actively increased and improved sports facilities, encouraged the holding of brand events, and promoted people-to-people exchanges. The organizers said that Macao's hosting of the Snooker International Masters can deepen the popularization and promotion of billiards culture in Macao, and make billiards a new choice for Macao compatriots to relax and entertain.
At the scene of the event, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Ding Junhui, Stephen Hendry and many other players at home and abroad sent congratulatory videos to wish the "Beijing Macao Promotion Week" a complete success. Video clips of the top players also gathered a large audience on the spot.
O'Sullivan meets the fans via video. Courtesy of the organizing committee
"Rocket" O'Sullivan won this year's Snooker World Championship last month, winning his 37th professional ranking championship and collecting six Grand Slams. Veteran Hendry also announced his comeback earlier this month, the former billiards emperor "sword is not old", playing a good performance of 4 strokes 50+ at this year's World Championships. Ding Junhui, who holds 14 ranking champions, is a well-deserved leader of China's snooker. Playing in the 2020 European Masters, he won four consecutive sets in a desperate situation of 1-4, and beat the world's fifth-ranked Mark Allen to advance to the quarterfinals. In the video, the three popular players not only sent their blessings to the "Beijing Macao Promotion Week", but also wished the future development of snooker sports a better future.
The organizing committee said that the 2020 Macau Snooker International Masters will be held in Macau at the end of December. Some of the world's top snooker players will gather in Macau, where they will compete in accordance with the specifications of world professional events and the format of professional ranking competitions. (End)
Source: China News Network