Ding Junhui Reverses and Kills Trump, World No. 1 Blasts Two Hundred Still Encounters Two Consecutive Defeats!
On January 8th, 2025, Beijing time, the Tianren Cup Lhasa Winter Snooker Challenge came to an end.
China's top player Ding Junhui successfully completed a double victory over the world's number one in the final match with a perfect performance of 109 points, 104 points, 118 points, 87 points, 57 points, 56 points, and two consecutive victories, reversing and killing Trump 5-4.
After this game, Ding Junhui announced his strong return, and such a performance is bound to help him regain more confidence in the upcoming Masters.
Ding Junhui Draws 2-2 with Trump with a Century Break
In the first half of the game between the two players, their performances were evenly matched. In the first game, Ding Junhui made an excellent performance of 87 points with a single stroke, winning the first city with 88:1 and taking the lead 1-0.
In the second round, Trump successfully regained his form and tied the game 1-1 with Ding Junhui by making 87 points with a single stroke, bringing both sides back to the starting line.
In the third round, Ding Junhui once again showed an excellent competitive state, and he won the game with 109 points with a single stroke, leading Trump 2-1 again and gaining another advantage.
In the fourth round, although Ding Junhui made an impressive performance of 57 points in this game, Trump still won the game 64:57 with 63 points with a single stroke, drawing 2-2 with Ding Junhui.
Trump Blasts Two Century Breaks to Draw 4-4 with Ding Junhui
After the game entered the second half, both players maintained an excellent state. The game came to the fifth round, and Trump took the lead in showing a very strong competitive state and blasted out 109 points with a single stroke to win the game 3-2, overtaking Ding Junhui and successfully taking the lead.
In the sixth round, Ding Junhui won the victory of this round with 80:38 by making 56 points with a single stroke and excellent grasp of opportunities, ensuring a draw of 3-3 with Trump and bringing both sides back to the starting line.
In the seventh round, Trump once again showed an excellent state, and he made an outstanding performance of 105 points with a single stroke to win the game 105:0, leading Ding Junhui 4-3 first and getting the match point.
In the eighth round, Ding Junhui continued to perform brilliantly, and the Chinese elder brother made an outstanding performance of 104 points with a single stroke to win this round, drawing 4-4 with Trump and directly bringing both sides into the decisive game of this game.
Ding Junhui Locks in Victory and Kills Trump 5-4
After entering the ninth round, Ding Junhui no longer gave Trump the opportunity to rewrite the game. The Chinese elder brother seized the opportunity to directly blast out an excellent performance of 118 points with a single stroke and won the victory of this round with 118:0, thus reversing and killing Trump 5-4.
After this game, Ding Junhui completed a double kill against Trump. Judging from the competitive state of the whole game, Ding Junhui's state is still better than Trump's, so he deservedly won this final.
Overall, both players performed well in the game. Different from the Hangzhou game, this time Ding Junhui did not let Trump pull away the score difference. When the score difference cannot be pulled apart, Ding Junhui is obviously the more advantageous side, after all, Ding Junhui's psychological quality in critical moments is still stronger.
However, this game is just a performance game, so don't care too much about the result. After all, both players played relatively openly in the game. If it is a professional game, it will be another way of playing, so just enjoy the game.