When it comes to the sport of billiards, the attention in China is very low. It is incomparable to the three major balls. In addition, it has never been an Olympic sport, so the country’s promotion of this sport is very low. Investment and investment are relatively small, so their fan base is also very small. Abroad, this sport is an entertainment project for some successful people. The official term for billiards is snooker. There were very few professional snooker players in China before. However, the emergence of a genius gradually brought the sport of billiards into the public eye. No matter what sport, as long as there are Chinese players who can perform very well, they will automatically gain attention and influence.
So who is this person? People who don’t know the sport of billiards may have heard of him. He is Ding Junhui, who is known as the "Prodigy". Because of his appearance, he constantly sets new records. , creating achievements that the Chinese have never created before. He plays very calmly, has a gentle personality and has delicate ball control. So far in his career, *** has won 14 ranking tournament championships and hit a single stroke of 147 6 times...
Ding Junhui started playing billiards at the age of eight. As a professional athlete, eight years old It is already a relatively late age for contact. At the age of 13, he won the third place in the Asian Invitational Tournament. You must know that the people competing with him on the same stage were all adult athletes, so Ding Junhui won the title of "Prodigy". His parents are self-employed businessmen, and his father likes to play billiards. Therefore, under the influence of his father, Ding Junhui also began to like playing billiards. In fact, it was an accident that prompted Ding Junhui to embark on a career path. When his father was competing with a billiards master, he played a few shots for his father while his father was in the toilet, and he defeated his opponent.
As time went by, Ding Junhui became very passionate about billiards. He completely gave up his studies and began to devote himself to billiards training. His father moved his family south to Dongguan, Guangdong for better training. Even when his family's business failed, his father sold the property in his hometown to support Ding Junhui's playing ball. This shows that his father paid a lot for him.
As the saying goes, God pays off, and Ding Junhui's efforts finally paid off. In 2002, 15-year-old Ding Junhui began to stand out and won the Asian Championship, becoming the youngest champion. In the same year, he also won the World Youth Snooker Championship and became the first billiards world champion in Chinese history. It was at the age of 15 that he won the championship at the Asian Games, once again refreshing history and breaking through the embarrassment of no gold medals in billiards at the Asian Games. At the age of 15, it can be said that he became famous. The title of "Prodigy" is not unfounded. The attention of billiards has increased year by year since then.
After that, Ding Junhui continued to improve and gradually competed with world-class players. In 2006, he defeated O'Sullivan and won the Irish Cup. He also created the second person in history to be able to win the Irish Cup at the age of 20. A player who has won three ranking tournament championships before. In the past, CCTV Sports Channel rarely broadcast billiards games live. However, because of the emergence of Ding Junhui, Ding Junhui's games are gradually broadcast.
In the years after 2006, Ding Junhui entered the bottleneck period of his career, and his results were very average. As a professional athlete, this situation is normal. Only by breaking through this bottleneck can he truly grow up. Excellent athletes Athletes must go through bottlenecks and troughs, and only after such a test can they make a difference in this project.
Looking at Ding Junhui’s career so far, in terms of current results, he is fully qualified to become the number one player in Chinese billiards. Moreover, he is only about 30 years old and still has a few years to go before retiring. He is completely The opportunity to continue making new history. Because of his appearance, he indirectly promoted the development of billiards in China. This is also the so-called celebrity effect. Ding Junhui's personal image is also very good in the hearts of the public. He has a gentle personality and rarely shows psychological fluctuations or excessive behavior on the court.
During a game, when he found that the national flag on his chest was covered by an advertising trademark, he immediately signaled to the referee to pause the game and re-pasted the advertising trademark to expose the flag. This move won praises from countless netizens. It can be seen that Ding Junhui has both good character and strength, and always keeps the motherland in his heart.