China News Agency, Beijing, March 11th. Chinese billiard star Ding Junhui won the Snooker 6 Red Ball World Championship for the second time in Bangkok, Thailand on the evening of the 11th, breaking his 3-year and 3-month championship drought.

  The final of the 2023 Snooker 6 Red Ball World Championship will be held between Ding Junhui and the host star Tachaiya. This is the third time Ding Junhui has entered the final of this event.

In 2016 and 2018, Ding Junhui won the championship and runner-up of this event respectively.

  Today, this strong dialogue can also be called the "Asian champion" competition - as billiard leaders in China and Thailand, Ding Junhui and Tachai are both top professional snooker players in the world, representing Asian snooker the highest level.

  In the latest world rankings, Ding Junhui ranks 24th and Tachaiya 44th.

In the past 4 confrontations between the two sides, Ding Junhui, who has 3 wins and 1 loss, also has the advantage.

In this competition, Ding Junhui was in good condition. He defeated O'Sullivan 6:2 in the 1/8 finals and became the "double kill" world leader this season.

Therefore, despite facing the host star, Ding Junhui is still the favorite to win the championship.

  At the beginning of the game, Ding Junhui took the advantage on the field as expected, leading 2:0 in the first two games.

After Tachaiya chased the score to a 2:2 tie, Ding Junhui made another effort and won 3 games in a row.

  Tachaiya, who is fighting locally, will obviously not be caught without a fight.

"Thailand's No. 1 brother" once chased the score to 4:5. After Ding Junhui widened the gap again with 7:4, Tachaiya saved two match points with 6:7.

But Tachaiya, who was eager to win, made more mistakes. Ding Junhui seized the opportunity and finally won 8:6, gaining his first professional championship in more than three years.

  After winning the British Championships in December 2019 and winning his 14th ranking championship in his career, Ding Junhui entered a long period of downturn. Not only did he miss the championship for more than three consecutive years, but his world ranking once dropped to outside the 30th place.

  This season, Ding Junhui has shown a recovery momentum, won the runner-up in the British Championships, and once ranked fourth in the season.

Now, winning the 6-red ball world championship again will undoubtedly greatly enhance the morale and fighting spirit of the "China's first brother".

  6 Although the Red Ball World Championship is not a ranking match, the champion is expected to qualify for the Snooker Championship and have a high bonus of 100,000 pounds.

This event attracted 32 snooker masters including the "75 Three Masters" ("Rocket" O'Sullivan, "Golden Left Hand" Williams, "Wizard" Higgins, all born in 1975) , Among them, Ding Junhui, Zhang Anda, Zhou Yuelong, Ma Hailong 4 Chinese players were shortlisted.

  In the first group stage, Zhou Yuelong and Ma Hailong both ranked third in the group and missed the top 16. Zhang Anda, who advanced to the knockout round, stopped in the top 8.

  On March 16, the 2023 Snooker WST Classic will start in the UK. Ding Junhui will attack again to secure the qualification for the Tour Championship and fight for tickets to the World Championships.

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