CHRIS WAKELIN is taking on Ding Junhui in the final of the International Championship RIGHT NOW in China! Warwickshire’s Wakelin came flying out the blocks to set up a 4-1 lead after five fra…
Just under 15 minutes to go and we'll be back live frame-by-frame at the International Championship final.Remember, the players are tied 1-1 from their previous two meetings, with Chris Wakelin winning the last one at the Wuhan Open earlier this year.Wakelin got off to a stunning start to race into a 4-1 lead after five frame.The players now go for their interval and will be back on the table at 11.30am GMT.That's FOUR frames in a row now for Ding.
They met just a month ago in Wuhan, with the Englishman beating Ding 5-3 in the last 16, with three century breaks in that one. Chris Wakelin is now into the top 16 in the world after his semi final win over Xiao Guodong on Friday.Wakelin's previous biggest win was the £50,000 he netted for his win at the Shoot Out in October 2023.But this tournament in Nanjing will allow Wakelin to win either the £175,000 top prize, or £75,000 should Ding take home the title.
Higgins, who won world titles in 1972 and 1982, once headbutted a tournament director, was friends with notorious London gangsters the Krays and gambled away around £4million of career winnings. "I know it’s perfectly legal. But I don’t think that’s the reason that the spider is in existence, so you can use it that way round.""But that’s not really for me, that’s for the rule-makers. It’s perfectly legitimate under the rules."
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