NANJING, East China, January 2 -- 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 2,000 U.S. dollars) for the title of the national championship, which
kicked off on December 29, 2006.