Ding Junhui and Trump Aim for the Championship, 5-0, 5-1: Xiao Guodong and Williams Start Strong
January 6th News: The 2025 Snooker Lhasa Winter Plateau Challenge is underway. "China's No. 1" Ding Junhui faces off against three-time World Champion "Golden Left Hand" Mark Williams, while world number one "Precision King" Judd Trump takes on Wuhan Open champion Xiao Guodong. Earlier, Williams defeated Wujinduoji 5-0, and Xiao Guodong defeated Geng Yuan 5-1.
For the 2025 Snooker Lhasa Winter Plateau Challenge, China has invited four players to participate: "China's No. 1" Ding Junhui, "China's Handsome Guy" Xiao Guodong, as well as two World Champions, Trump and Williams. Additionally, there are two local players, Wujinduoji and Geng Yuan, who earned the opportunity to challenge Williams and Xiao Guodong through their victories in the qualifiers.
According to the schedule, the first day of competition features two matches: Geng Yuan vs. Xiao Guodong at 15:00, and Williams vs. Wujinduoji at 19:30. After fierce competition, three-time World Champion "Golden Left Hand" Mark Williams and Wuhan Open champion Xiao Guodong demonstrated their prowess, easily defeating their opponents with scores of 5-0 and 5-1 to advance to the second day of competition.
It's worth noting that both Williams and Xiao Guodong created opportunities to challenge the maximum break of 147 points on the first day of the competition, but Williams stopped at 123 points and Xiao Guodong at 112 points.
On January 6th, the 2025 Snooker Lhasa Winter Plateau Challenge will enter its second day of competition, with "China's No. 1" Ding Junhui and world number one "Precision King" Judd Trump in action. Among them, Ding faces 26-time champion Williams, while Trump faces Xiao Guodong, who just made a maximum break of 147 points at the Hangzhou Challenge.
The specific matchups and times for the Lhasa Winter Plateau Snooker Challenge on January 6th are as follows: Xiao Guodong vs. Trump at 15:00, and Ding Junhui vs. Williams at 19:30. A few days ago at the Hangzhou Challenge, Ding Junhui narrowly defeated world number one Trump 5-4. Will he be able to defeat his opponent this time?