Ding Junhui performed well in the ** Gram Star Challenge "Peak Showdown" held in Lhasa, easily defeating Wujin Dorjee with a score of 5-1, showing a strong competitive state.
Not long ago, he participated in the 2023 Macau Masters Invitational Tournament, but unfortunately lost 1-6 to Judd Trump in the match. At the end of the year, Macau and Lhasa staged two first-class invitational tournaments one after another.
*As the finale of this year's **G event, the Macau Masters Invitational Tournament has a high standard and a generous prize money, and the champion will receive 150,000 pounds (about 1.35 million yuan). A total of three Chinese players, Ding Junhui, Fu Jiajun and Si Jiahui, were invited to participate in this competition.
On the first day, Ding Junhui lost to Trump 1-6, and Si Jiahui lost 3-6 to 3-time world champion Mark Williams. The next day, Fu Jiajun defeated the world's No. 1 "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-2.
In the end, Williams won the championship with a score of 9-6. Next, the Lhasa "Peak Showdown" ** Gram Star Challenge will be held in the qualifiers, and the champion and runner-up will challenge Ding Junhui and O'Sullivan, and the two winners will face off on the first day of the 2024 New Year.
According to the rules of the event, Ding Junhui will face qualifier champion Wujin Dorjee. In the game on the Lhasa Plateau, Ding Junhui quickly entered the state in the first game, and with his excellent long billiards skills, he locked the victory with a single stroke of 81 points, leading 1-0.
After the score was extended to 2-0, he extended his advantage again to 3-1. In the next game, Ding Junhui scored 134 points in a single stroke, and finally easily defeated Wujin Dorjee 5-1.
Today, Ding Junhui will face his old rival O'Sullivan and stage the 34th "Ding Olympics" between them.