The seaside wind blows the frozen mud and cracks, and the dead paulownia leaves fall and the branches break. The transverse flute heard no one, and the red flag went straight up to the snow of the Tianshan Mountains.
The Krasa Plateau Challenge kicked off at the Lhasa Mass Culture and Sports Centre with a total prize fund of £380,000. This is the last stop of the three invitational tournaments in China, which will draw a perfect end to this year's first gram event.
In the first leg of the Macau competition, six players including Luca Brecel, John Higgins, Ali Carter, Mark Selby, Barry Hawkins and Tachaiya Enno faced off. In the end, Mark Selby defeated Ali Carter 6-3 to win the championship.
The second leg of the Macau Masters invited O'Sullivan, Fu Jiajun, Mark Williams, Ding Junhui, Kairen Wilson, Trump, Si Jiahui and Lisowski to participate in the competition. In the end, Mark Williams played tenaciously in the best-of-nine final, defeating Sowski 9-6 to win the title.
The third stop is the Lhasa Plateau Invitational Tournament, there are only four players in total, one is the world's No. 1 O'Sullivan, the other is China's first brother Ding Junhui, and the other two are the champion of the ** billiards enthusiast selection tournament Wu Jin Dorjee and the runner-up Geng Yuan.
First of all, O'Sullivan played against Geng Yuan, the runner-up of the qualifiers, and the game adopted a 9-game 5-win system, and the referee was played by Zhu Ying, a Shanghai beauty with outstanding temperament and excellent appearance.
In the first game, both sides failed to find their form, Geng Yuan may have been a little excited, and there were some simple mistakes, and Rocket O'Sullivan also needed to adapt to the venue. After a short period of adjustment, O'Sullivan struck and took the lead 81-27. In the second game, Geng Yuan stabilized his mentality, actively got started, and hit a shot of 50+, winning 96-24. In the third game, O'Sullivan was in a brave state, scoring 116 points in a single stroke and winning 116-11. In the fourth game, O'Sullivan made persistent efforts, chased after the victory, and won with a single stroke of 83 points, leading 3-1.
In the fifth game, O'Sullivan's state declined, and there were many unnecessary mistakes, but unfortunately Geng Yuan's strength was limited and he was not sure that the best upper hand would achieve a turnaround, O'Sullivan played a shot of 50+ after adjustment, and won another game with 71-26 and won the match point. In the sixth game, the two were still not distempered, but Geng Yuan made many mistakes in the face of the world's No. 1, and in the end, O'Sullivan got started many times and defeated Geng Yuan with a total score of 5-1 and won the victory!
Next is Ding Junhui against qualifier champion Wu Jin Dorjee. This is the third time that Ding Junhui has participated in the Lhasa **Ke Star Challenge. The first time was in 2018, when he was invited to compete with Higgins, and Higgins won;The second time was in 2019, when he and Mark Selby were invited to participate, Selby won 13-9, but Ding Junhui scored the highest score in the history of the gram with 147 points, setting a record for the gram.
At the beginning of the game, Ding Junhui was in good condition, scoring 81 points in a single stroke and winning the game. In the second game, the two did not give in to each other, attacked and defended each other, and Ding Junhui relied on his excellent ability to solve the ball, and won 71-47 again, leading Wujin Dorjee 2-0. In the third game, Ding Junhui made some mistakes, and Wujin Dorjee seized the opportunity to score and pulled back a game 75-16. In the subsequent game, Ding Junhui felt full of hands, fully occupied the advantage on the court, scored a high score of 134 in a single stroke, won three games in a row with -0 and 75-18, and defeated Wujin Dorjee with a big score of 5-1.
With the same score, the world No. 1 and China's first brother won simultaneously. At 19:30 on the first day of the New Year, Ding Junhui and O'Sullivan will have a peak showdown, and the game is 11 rounds and 6 wins. The two have played each other 33 times before, and O'Sullivan has an advantage of 23 wins, 7 losses and 3 draws. This time in the special environment of 3650 meters above sea level, we will wait and see if Ding Junhui can win by surprise!
Chu Jiang is empty. Stunned, suddenly scattered. Self-care shadow, want to go down to the cold pond, the sand is clean and the grass is dry, and the level is far away. I can't write a book, I only send it and love a little. The material is wrong, and the remnants of the felt embrace the snow, so the hearts of the people.