"Take this, you might need it." When 49-year-old snooker legend Mark Williams stepped off the plane, the sight of the organizers handing him a portable oxygen device was touching. The 2025 Snooker Lhasa Exhibition Match is not only a contest of ball skills but also a battle against the natural environment. Lhasa, a city with an average altitude of 3650 meters, welcomed its first world-class snooker event. For players accustomed to playing at sea level, this is undoubtedly an unprecedented challenge. "I never thought I would play at such a height," Mark Williams joked in a pre-match interview, "it reminds me of my first mountain climbing experience." However, "Uncle Ma" proved with his strength that age and altitude are not factors hindering his performance. In the first match on the evening of January 5th, he defeated Wujinduoji with a clean 5-0 victory. Although he had to rely on oxygen equipment during breaks, the veteran's professionalism and adaptability won the applause of all the spectators present. "Seeing Mark in such condition has inspired us all," commented one of the participating players. Indeed, when you see a player nearly half a century old still maintaining a high level of performance in such extreme conditions, it can't help but be admired. The upcoming schedule is even more thrilling. At 3 pm today, Chinese player Xiao Guodong will face the world's number one Trump; at 7:30 pm, there will be a highly anticipated match between Mark Williams and Ding Junhui. Tomorrow afternoon's "Ding-Tehui" will push this highland exhibition match to a climax. "The plateau…

On January 6th, Beijing time, the 2025 Lhasa Plateau Snooker Challenge saw Chinese star Xiao Guodong take on world number one Trump once again. In this match, despite Xiao Guodong's two century breaks and his efforts to save two match points after trailing 1-4 in the total score, he ultimately fell short of a great comeback and lost 3-5, suffering his tenth consecutive defeat to world number one Trump. Xiao Guodong recently participated in the Hangzhou Invitational and this Lhasa Challenge consecutively, and he made a maximum break of 147 in the previous Hangzhou Invitational, showing a fiery offensive form! On the previous match day, Xiao Guodong won 5-1 against Geng Yuan, the runner-up of the qualifying round, in his debut at the Lhasa Challenge. As the world number one, Trump is naturally the protagonist of various exhibition matches. He has been invited to participate in three consecutive stations: the Macau Invitational, Hangzhou Invitational, and Lhasa Challenge. This season, Trump has entered the final five times, winning the Shanghai Masters, Saudi Masters, and Snooker UK Championship titles, with his single-season ranking also firmly at the top. In this match, Xiao Guodong started somewhat slowly, making consecutive mistakes, while Trump seized the opportunity to win three games in a row, establishing a 3-0 lead in the total score. The first and second games were particularly unfortunate for Xiao Guodong; in the first game, he scored a single-rod 57 but due to a defensive error, he was defeated by Trump with a one-point difference, 57-58! In the second game, Xiao Guodong failed…