Beijing time January 2nd news, the 2025 Snooker Hangzhou exhibition match is in full swing. On the first day of the new year, "Dingao meeting" was staged. This game was challenged by "China's No. 1 brother" Ding Junhui against the 7-time world champion "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan. The result of the game was that O'Sullivan played extremely well and won Ding Junhui with a total score of 5-1.
This season, Ding Junhui once appeared multiple times in the "first round tour" at the beginning of the season. With the deepening of the season, Director Ding made a strong comeback in the Snooker National Championship. He went all the way to the finals and won the championship again after five years in the finals with a 10-7 victory over Chris Wakelin.
Last season, O'Sullivan won the championship of 5 events and won the title of best player of the season. However, this season, his state has not been good, and because of poor form and results, there have been many withdrawals.
However, in the last few days of 2024, O'Sullivan returned to form in the Macau Snooker Masters Invitational, playing 5 games in 4 days, defeating 5 top players: Sufski, Fu Jiajun, Si Jiahui, Wilson, and Bingham.
Among them, in the third round against Si Jiahui, who had defeated him this season, he showed a very domineering performance. In the game that night, O'Sullivan's hand feel was excellent, and he quickly took a 3-0 lead with one century break (104 points) and two 50+ breaks (68 points, 55 points).
Si Jiahui then launched a strong counterattack, returning a century break (141 points) and a 50+ break (68 points), tying two games to make the score 2-3.
In the sixth inning, O'Sullivan exerted himself again, scoring a single shot of 95 points, expanding his lead to 4-2 and winning the match point. In the seventh inning, O'Sullivan scored another single shot of 95 points, defeating Si Jiahui with a total score of 5-2. Ending the Macau Snooker Masters Invitational with 5 consecutive victories, O'Sullivan also faced Ding Junhui in the first game of the 2025 Snooker Hangzhou exhibition match, and he defeated him again with a score of 5-1, ushering in a new beginning for the new year!