Ding Junhui Defeats Trump 5-4 to Win the Championship, Masters: Ding Director Challenges World No. 1
January 15th News: The 2025 Snooker Masters continues. On the third day of the first round, Chinese star Si Jiahui lost 2-6 to "Little Cannon" Mark Allen and missed the opportunity to advance to the quarter-finals with Ding Junhui. Earlier, Ding Junhui eliminated three-time world champion "Golden Left Hand" Mark Williams 6-5 and will face world number one Judd Trump in the quarter-finals.
The Snooker Masters is one of the three major snooker events that all players attach great importance to. Last season, "China's No. 1" Ding Junhui once scored a single maximum of 147 points in the competition, but unfortunately he still lost to his old rival O'Sullivan and missed the chance to compete for the championship.
In the 2025 Masters, Ding Junhui's first opponent was three-time world champion "Golden Left Hand" Mark Williams. He won two consecutive games after being 4-5 down and grabbed the match point by his opponent, finally reversing the outcome with a total score of 6-5.
In the quarter-finals, Ding Junhui's opponent is the world's top "Accuracy King" Trump. The latter's opponent in the first round was veteran Barry Hawkins. In the past, Trump had an excellent record against Hawkins.
Trump and Hawkins just met in the final of one of the three major snooker events, the UK Championship, not long ago. In that final, Trump defeated Hawkins 10-8 to win his second UK Championship title.
After missing out on the UK Championship title, Hawkins faced this invincible world number one in another of the three major snooker events, the Masters. In this game, Hawkins was completely suppressed by Trump's offensive and was eliminated with a 1-6 defeat, leaving no regrets.
After sweeping Hawkins 6-1, Trump will face his old opponent Ding Junhui from the 80s in the quarter-finals. For Ding Junhui, he has won very few matches against Trump in recent years, and it is very difficult to win. However, at the Hangzhou exhibition match and Lhasa Challenge at the beginning of 2025, he consecutively defeated Trump with a score of 5-4. We look forward to Ding Junhui carrying these two victories into the Masters and defeating Trump!