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Ding crushes Hendry to reach final
(AFP)
Updated: 2007-01-21 08:42
LONDON - Chinese teenager Ding Junhui continued his impressive run at the
British Masters at Wembley when he crushed former world champion Stephen
Hendry 6-2 in their semi-final.
China's Ding Junhui prepares to hit his shot against former world
champion Stephen Hendry in their semi-final at the British Masters at
Wembley. [China Poto Press]
Ding, who won a wildcard tie to qualify for the event and made a maximum
147 in the process, will now play Ronnie O'Sullivan who beat Stephen
Maguire 6-4 in Sunday's final.
He will be trying to win his fourth career title, all before the age of
20.
"It's the first time I've beaten Stephen in the UK," said Ding, who got
the better of Hendry 9-5 in the final to win the China Open in Beijing in
2005.
"He is a very difficult opponent and he's familiar with the conditions
here so it's a good acheivement to beat him.
"But I still have room for improvement."
Hendry, who rates Ding as the best talent to emerge in the past decade,
said: "I made three or four silly errors in different frames, but he
played fantastically well from the sixth onwards.
"He seemed to go up a gear. The best compliment I can give him is that
there are only two or three players in the world who, when youre sitting
there, you consistently think youre not going to get back to the table,
even with 15 reds on.
"If hes going to keep playing like that hell be around the top four
players for the next 10 to 15 years."
Ding edged the first frame and took the second before Hendry got into the
match by winning the third.
The Chinese star then took the next before Hendry fired in a break of
129. However, Ding reeled off the next three with a break of 128 in the
seventh frame.
Impressively, Ding kept Hendry pointless in the last two frames of the
tie.
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