Ding Junhui Wins World Snooker_体坛播报
china’s snooker prodigy ding junhui has beated seven-times world champion stephen hendry of scotland to take the china open snooker crown.
only two days after celebrating his 18th birthday, ding junhui became the second youngest player - after ronnie o’sullivan - to capture a world-ranking title - and the first wild-card entry ever to lift one of snooker’s major trophies with a stunning victory over hendry.
after sunday’s final in beijing, ding junhui attributed his success to his composure during the match.
"i didn’t feel under any pressure because i looked at it as a practice match to learn from stephen, and i had a bit of luck in the afternoon session and tonight everything i did seemed to go right."
ding rallied from a worrying start to claim eight of the closing nine frames to win the match.