Sports Premiere Creation Challenge In the early morning of December 3, Beijing time, the 2023 ** Croatian British Championship continued to compete for the semi-finals. In the second semifinals, Ding Junhui, the three-time British Championship champion "China's first brother", took the lead 93-40 in the first game with Judd Trump, the "King of Accuracy". 1 In the 4 finals, Ding Junhui defeated Williams 6-5, and Trump defeated Selby 6-4.
*The Croatian Championship is one of the three major events in Croatia, and it is also the oldest important event in Croatia, with a championship prize of up to 2.2 million yuan. Trump, the favorite to win the championship and the No. 4 seed in the event, advanced very easily in the first two rounds of this competition, facing his old rival Selby in the 1 4 finals.
In the first round, Trump played against qualifier Pang Junxu. Previously, the two had no record of facing each other, and this match was an encounter. In this encounter, Pang Junxu faced Trump, who was in the best shape this season and had won the ** Croatia English Open, Wuhan Open, and Northern Ireland Open championships back-to-back, with a very big gap in strength and experience, which was reflected in the game, which was defeated 1-6, and Trump started this year's British Championship journey strongly.
1 8 In the finals, Trump faced Jamie Jones, ranked 45th in the world. In the past, the two have met 2 times, and Trump has a record of 2 wins in 2 fights. The last meeting between the two sides was in the second round of the 2018 **Croatia China Championship, which Trump won 5-2.
Coming to this British Championship 1 4 finals, Trump gave full play to his invincible state this season, he hit one shot to break 100 and two shots of 50+, and the opponent did not have a performance of more than 50+. In the end, Trump swept the opponent 6-0.
1 4 finals, Trump's opponent is Selby. Specific to this 1 4 finals, in the first four games, Trump made a perfect start of 4-0, Selby stubbornly chased the points, but Trump was in too good shape, and finally missed the semifinals 4-6. In the semifinals, Trump ushered in Ding Junhui, and in the first game, Ding Junhui started strongly with 93-40 and led 1-0.