Delighted Ding Junhui reveals his ‘Apple’ after beating Mark Selby in final: 2012 Welsh Open
In his post match interview before his fans, China’s Ding Junhui revealed the love of his life named Apple.
The Chinese put up a marvellous show in the final encounter of the 2012 Welsh Open at the Newport Centre arena in Newport, Wales and clinched his professional career’s fifth major ranking title beating the World Number one, England’s Mark Selby.
The Chinese Sensation felt quite happy after winning his first Welsh title and is now eyeing on the World Snooker Championship glory as he has never reached the final of the most prestigious event of Snooker. He only surged into the semi-final stage of 2011
World Snooker Championship against the 2011 China Open winner, England’s Judd Trump but lost to him by 15-17.
The Wuxi potter’s run in the Welsh event was second to none as he played convincingly throughout. He started his campaign with his first-round victory against Mark Davis by 4-0. After that, he ousted the current World Snooker Champion, Scotland’s John Higgins
4-3 in Round 2, Stephen Lee 5-4 in the quarters and Shaun Murphy 6-2 in the semi-final.
His final encounter against Selby was a bit tough for him but he continued confidently and grabbed an early two-frame lead which he extended to three frames in the final session and was able to win. Before dozens of Chinese fans at the arena, Junhui spoke
about his girlfriend and her support during the tournament.
He told the World Snooker, “Apple (his girlfriend's English name) gives me a lot of help in daily life. She's been taking care of me, making dishes and encouraging me to train every day. I will have my snooker table in the garage and I can train there if
I'm not at the snooker academy. Snooker is more important to me and I can put my car outside.”
He added, “Mark missed a chance to go 3-1 up but he's very good and I'm very happy to win. I'll practice very hard. I got to the semi-finals last year and hope to do better this time.”
The Star of the East has bought a new house in the World Snooker Championship’s home, Sheffield so that he can get more time to practice.
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