In the early morning of December 4, Beijing time, the final of the 2023 ** Croatia British Championship continued. In this campaign, the 3-time World Championships champion "China's First Brother" Ding Junhui challenged the 7-time World Championships champion "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan. In the thirteenth and fourteenth games, Ding Junhui shot out a shot to break 100 and a shot of 50+, and equalized the score 7-7. At present, the competition is getting white-hot, and I look forward to Ding Junhui winning the championship as he wishes!
The Croatian Championship is one of the three major tournaments in Croatia, and it is also the oldest important tournament in Croatia. In this British Championship, three-time British Championship champion Ding Junhui started from the qualifying round and went all the way to the final. In the process of qualifying, Ding Junhui defeated defending champion Mark Allen in a row, as well as Mark Williams and Judd Trump, two world champions.
And the 7-time champion of the British Championships "Rocket" O'Sullivan was also domineering in this competition, but he did not meet as strong as Ding Junhui. In the first round, he won 6-2 against Anthony McGill. In the second round, he narrowly defeated Robert Milkins 6-5. 1 8 finals, against Zhou Yuelong almost out.
Zhou Yuelong and O'Sullivan have a total of 4 encounters, with a record of 4 fights and 0 wins, which is at an absolute disadvantage. The last meeting between Zhou Yuelong and O'Sullivan occurred in the second round of the British Championship last year, when O'Sullivan swept Zhou Yuelong 6-0.
Specific to the second round of the 2022 British Championships, O'Sullivan shot two shots to break 100 (137 points, 103 points) and one shot of 50+ (82 points), and Zhou Yuelong only hit one shot of 50+ (63 points).
However, when it came to the 2023 British Championship 1 8 finals, Zhou Yuelong used an extremely tenacious performance to win the match point 5-4, just one step away from defeating O'Sullivan for the first time. Unfortunately, in the subsequent game, O'Sullivan won two games in a row, and the total score was 6-5 to advance.
In the semifinals, O'Sullivan defeated the dark horse Wafi Ayuri 6-2, and advanced to the stunner, and in the championship match, he and Ding Junhui staged the 32nd "Ding Olympics". In the first half, the two sides played 4-4. At the start of the second half, it was 5-5. After O'Sullivan led 7-5, the tenacious Ding Junhui shot a shot to break 100 and a shot of 50+, and equalized the score 7-7.