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Dynamic Ding is CLS King

DING JUNHUI won the annual Championship League Snooker tournament, beating previous winner Judd Trump 3-1 in the final and to book a coveted place in this year’s Premier League which gets underway in August.

The 24 year-old Chinese had earlier won the seventh and final qualifying group of the event on Wednesday and like Trump and Matthew Stevens who had completed the same feat in previous years, he then triumphed in the final champions group.

“I’m very pleased to have won this. It’s always good to win but chances to qualify for the Premier League were running out with just Beijing and Sheffield to go. It’s great match practice and my form over the four days this week was good,” said Ding.

Ding won the final with breaks of 117, 70 and 80 but that was just the tip of the iceberg as he looked razor sharp throughout and scored heavily at most opportunities.

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