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On April 3, 2005, the then-18-year-old snooker player Ding Junhui won the inaugural China Open, a glorious moment witnessed by Zhao Xintong, a budding snooker enthusiast who had only recently picked ...

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On 3 April 2005, a grinning Ding Junhui lifted the China Open trophy aloft. Just two days after his 18th birthday, a shy, fresh-faced teenager had stunned the snooker world. At the end of tournament ...