On the evening of the 5th, Chinese star Ding Junhui appeared at the 2025 Snooker World Grand Prix, facing the 27-year-old player Xu Si, also from China, in the first round. Xu Si, ranked 40th in the world, bluntly said after the game that Ding Junhui could only win if he was not in good shape.

Ding Junhui's match against another Chinese player, Xu Si, became the first game of the night

O'Sullivan and Si Jiahui's first round match was originally scheduled to start in prime time on Wednesday night, but after the "Rocket" withdrew, the conference turned the match between Chinese star Ding Junhui and another Chinese player Xu Si into the first game, and Si Jiahui and Hua Fei were staged one after another.

The 37-year-old "Xiao Ding" has no shortage of supporters in Hong Kong, and the No. 1 field where he played against Xu Si had a stand occupancy rate of more than 7 percent, which was obviously more lively than the No. 2 Crane Warriors vs. Ford. When Ding Junhui walked into the stadium, the venue sounded the Chinese version of "A Laugh in the Sea", plus the cheers of the audience, and the reaction of Trump when he entered on the 4th was as enthusiastic.

Ding Junhui lost to Xu Si in 7 rounds and stopped in the first round

Ding Junhui and Xu Si did not open the record for a long time in the early part of the first game, and the audience held their breath, Xiao Ding then seized the opportunity and scored a shot of 78 points to take the lead, and then the second game went to the next city, leading 2:0 in less than 1 hour. Xu Si did not give up, played many difficult goals, chased two games in a row to chase a draw, Xiao Ding then shot a shot of 108 points, Xu Si returned a shot of 81 degrees, the two sides played 3:3, Xu Si played 67:4 in the last game and then the next city, Ding Junhui won and lost.

Born in Guangdong Province and running a hardware store, 27-year-old Xu Si got into snooker in 2009 and won the IBSF World Junior Championship in 2016. In 2023, a match-fixing case broke out in China, and according to official reports, Xu Si rejected Liang Wenbo's offer of 50,000 yuan.

Xu Si is from Guangdong Hardware House and once refused to play match-fixing

"Brother Hui (Ding Junhui) is not in particularly good condition." Xu Si said after the game that he defeated Ding Junhui again after the 2023 World Snooker Tour Classic. Xu Si rarely plays in front of such a large number of fans, it takes time to adapt, and then the better he plays, the more fans he has, the better he plays, "I personally like to play in front of many fans, I can play more passionately, and I am more relaxed without fans." Xu Si also praised the Hong Kong Kai Tak Sports Park Sports and Art Center, which held this event, and the enthusiasm of the audience made the atmosphere particularly good, and the players present played more excitedly.