Xinhua News Agency, London, January 9 (Reporter Zhang Wei) Chinese star Ding Junhui scored a perfect score in the first round of the ** Masters on the 8th, but still lost to the world No. 1 O'Sullivan 3:6 and missed the quarterfinals.
On January 8, Ding Junhui (right) received congratulations from his opponent O'Sullivan (center) after scoring a perfect score of 147. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Zhai Zheng) In the first year's tournament in which the world's top 16 players were invited to participate, Ding Junhui, who is now ranked 11th in the world, encountered O'Sullivan again. In the final of the British Championships more than a month ago, Ding Junhui was defeated by the "rocket" pole and missed the fourth championship of the event. O'Sullivan won the British Championship for the eighth time, and the number of ranking tournament titles increased to 40.
Although he has not played in any professional tournaments since the British Championships, the 48-year-old O'Sullivan still feels good when he comes up on the 8th, leading 4:0. Ding Junhui opened the ** mode after withstanding the pressure and winning the fifth game, scoring 92 points with a single stroke in the sixth game, and stunning the audience with a full score of 147 points in the seventh game. However, O'Sullivan, who has won the Masters Championship seven times, did not get cold because of this, and achieved a single stroke of more than 100 in the next two games, and finally won 6:3.
On January 8, Ding Junhui was in the game. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Zhai Zheng) 36-year-old Ding Junhui said after the game that he actually had many opportunities after the start of the game, but failed to grasp them. He didn't expect to play so well after half-time, and the feeling of hitting a perfect score was wonderful, and he hadn't experienced it for a long time.
O'Sullivan praised Ding Junhui's outstanding ability to control the cue ball, "It's really pleasing to watch him play."
In the previous day's competition, China's Zhang Anda, who played in the Masters for the first time, lost to world No. 6 Murphy 2:6, and Lisowski defeated the world champion Bresel 6:2.