Former UK Championship winner Ding Junhui defeated 18-year-old
rival Xiao Guodong 6-2 to retain his national title at the China
Championship of Professional Snooker in Yixing, Jiangsu province,
on Tuesday.
Ding was utterly offensive through all frames, finishing the
last one 73-0 to win the one-sided match with advantageous skills
and profound experience.
Ding, who won the UK Championship in 2005, was awarded a prize
of 15,000 yuan (about US$2,000) for the title of the national
championship, which kicked off on Dec. 29, 2006.
(Xinhua News Agency January 4, 2007)