On the evening of December 3, Beijing time, the final of the 2023 British Championship began, and Ding Junhui and O'Sullivan competed for the championship of this year's British Championship. The game is played in a best-of-19 system. It is divided into two stages, the first stage is eight rounds, and the second stage determines the winner. In the first half of the first stage, Ding Junhui was obviously a little tight, and he made fatal mistakes several times, and O'Sullivan scored 71 points, 71 points, 91 points, and 50 strokes in a row. to take a 3-1 lead. Bombardment single shot 71 71 91!O'Sullivan's lightning triple whip 3 1, Ding Junhui was sluggish and dangerous
This is the 32nd time the two have met in their careers, and in the previous 31 meetings, Ding Junhui only had 7 wins, 3 draws and 21 losses, which is at an absolute disadvantage, and it is not an exaggeration to say that O'Sullivan is Ding Junhui's nemesis. However, it is worth mentioning that in the quarterfinals of the British Championship last year, Ding Junhui swept O'Sullivan 6-0.
In the first game, Ding Junhui kicked off and leaked out of the long platform, O'Sullivan came up and scored on the long platform, showing a good state, and then in the defensive competition, Ding Junhui missed the ball again, and O'Sullivan scored 71 points in a single stroke, and made a good start 96-0.
In the second game, Ding Junhui took the lead, scored 63 points with a single stroke, lost the fatal bag pink ball, and in the face of the scattered balls, O'Sullivan scored 71 points in a single stroke to complete the clearance. 71-63 reversed, 2-0 lead. In the third game, Ding Junhui still took the lead, and scored 38 points because he made another mistake, and the black ball did not go in and stopped at the mouth of the bag. O'Sullivan accepted the gift, scored 91 points in a single stroke and cleared the table again, leading 3-0. Ding Junhui had a bad start and was passive.
In the fourth game, O'Sullivan's feeling finally declined, scoring 31 points and losing the red ball in the middle pocket, Ding Junhui finally had a chance to get on the phone, and scored 89 points in a single stroke to pull back a game. The aggregate score is still 1-3 down.