In the 2024 Masters, Ding Junhui lost to O'Sullivan 3-6 and stopped in the first round, but in the 7th game, Ding Junhui scored a perfect score of 147. This shot of 147 made Ding Junhui amazed four seats and rushed to the hot search list.
Many fans will have doubts, they question why Ding Junhui's achievement can attract so much attention from fans and **?Isn't it just a 147, and it's not a Masters champion. O'Sullivan's wonderful performance advanced to the top 8 6-3, but was overshadowed by Ding Junhui's limelight. In this regard, let's first talk about the significance of Ding Junhui's 147.
First of all, this is Ding Junhui's 7th career perfect score, and the last time Ding Junhui hit a perfect score of 147 was in 2016. As we all know, it is hard to find a perfect score of 147, especially if it requires a higher position. After 7 years, Ding Junhui has broken out of the cocoon and become a butterfly, which may mean that Ding Junhui's competitive state has gotten rid of the downturn.
Secondly, this 147 is the fourth perfect score of 147 at the Masters. You must know that the Masters has a history of nearly 50 years since 1975, and only 4 strokes out of 147 have only been scored now. In 1984, Canadian first-class player Kirk Stevens played the first perfect score of 147 in the Masters, after a gap of 23 years, in 2007 in the Masters Wild Card Tournament, Ding Junhui played the second shot of 147, and this year he was only 19 years old He once reached the final, but unfortunately lost to O'Sullivan and missed the championship.
China's Fu Jiajun finished his third shot of 147 at the 2015 Masters. There is no doubt that Ding Junhui is the only player to shoot two perfect scores of 147 at the Masters.
Finally, as a **gram fan, do you know how many people scored a perfect score of 147 in front of O'Sullivan?Since O'Sullivan turned to the professional ** gram event in 1992, only 3 people have scored a perfect score of 147 against O'Sullivan. The first is Stephen Hendry in 1997, the second is Trump on the Champions Tour in 2022, and the third is Ding Junhui, who just lost to O'Sullivan in the Masters.
For this 147, O'Sullivan, who is ranked No. 1 in the world, was also impressed by Ding Junhui's outstanding performance, and in an interview after the game, O'Sullivan sighed: "What a great player, he controls the cue ball better than anyone else, and no one has ever controlled the cue ball like Ding Junhui." I'm envious of this game. ”
I guess when Ding Junhui scored the second and third reds, he started planning to play 147, but he still had to control the movement of each ball, and there was no doubt that he did, which was unbelievable and very accurate. In fact, before the start of the game, O'Sullivan said that Ding Junhui's skills are impeccable, and he is a top player like Robertson and Higgins.
Of course, O'Sullivan is also a little puzzled, that is, why Ding Junhui's skills are so good, but many times he can't beat himself. O'Sullivan said: "I have to say, technically speaking, Ding Junhui is the best player on the **g tour, of course, Higgins, and Robertson, when I play against Ding Junhui, I always want to know why he can't beat me every time." ”
If I had his technical ability, I would have won easily 6-0. So I realized that gram is not all technology, there are a lot of factors in it, in fact, sports are all like this. You want to win the game, beat the opponent, and there is a lot to prepare. O'Sullivan, who reached the quarterfinals of the Masters, will next face the winner between Robertson and Barry Hawkins.
In this regard, Ding Junhui, who stopped in the first round, was full of confidence in O'Sullivan, he said: "I think Ronnie can win everything, even if there is pressure, Ronnie can always handle it, he knows how to deal with it." A top player like him can always play better under pressure or in bad form. ”