Chapter 617: Scottish Open
After the interview team left, Huang Jiankun said to Du Ke: "Actually, you were able to hit a single stroke to over 100 just now. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Du Ke shook his head: "I didn't fight just now." ”
"You're the boss, you have the final say." Huang Jiankun shrugged and said that after less than a month of contact with Du Ke, he had to admit that Du Ke was a genius.
After less than a month of professional snooker training, Duke can stably score more than 80 points in a single stroke in training, half of which is more than 100 in a single stroke, what is this not a genius?
Huang Jiankun divided snooker students into four levels.
Entry-level: Have a certain foundation and understand all the rules of snooker.
Advanced level: can stably score 30~50 in a single stroke. It shows that the student's hitting accuracy is good, and he has a certain ability to control the white ball.
Amateur master: can stably score 50~80 in a single stroke. It shows that the students have a high hitting accuracy and a good control of the white ball.
Professional level: can stably achieve a single stroke score of 80~120. If you can reach this level, you can go to professional snooker events.
From entry-level to professional-level, Huang Jiankun said that it would take at least 3 years, but Du Ke only took less than a month.
There is no shortage of prodigies in the history of snooker, such as Ding Junhui, who won the third place in the adult amateur competition at the age of 13 and participated in professional events at the age of 16, but he has been practicing for several years before.
"Doucle, maybe he's more incredible than a genius, monster?" Huang Jiankun can only understand it this way.
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The video of Duke playing snooker spread rapidly on the Internet through channels such as QQ Sports platform and buckle number, and attracted widespread attention. Even his Scar Coach has become a celebrity.
The media became Du Ke's microphone, and the next day the International Taiwan Federation issued a public statement: "Duke of China, welcome to world snooker." ”
"Emperor" Hendry copied and pasted on his personal social networking site: "Duke of China, welcome to world snooker." ”
Ding Junhui, a famous Chinese snooker player, posted a blog: "The great god is here! ”
Liang Wenbo, who is the same year as Ding Junhui and is currently ranked 13th in the world, copied and pasted: "The great god is here!" ”
The snooker community at home and abroad welcomed Duke to join this gentleman's sport.
The International Taiwan Federation accepted Du Ke's application, and Du Ke will participate in the Scottish Open.
From May to April of the following year, it is a season of the Snooker Professional League.
The 2016~2017 season started on May 22, 2016 and ended at the World Championships at the end of April 2017.
The Scottish Open is a qualifying tournament in the 2016~2017 season, with a relatively high status, and not everyone can participate in the competition.
However, there are always exceptions to commercial events, and the existence of wild cards is widely circulated in professional events such as snooker qualifying, tennis tours, and golf tours.
The International Taiwan Federation issued a wild card to Du Ke, he must be sent, what kind of character is Du Ke? Characters who can't be invited, and it's not a small case to send a wild card.
Not to mention Duke, many Chinese players who are not too famous can often get wild cards, because Chinese capital has long been involved in snooker.
It is not difficult for attentive snooker fans to find that the world's top five masters, such as Selby, Bingham, Higgins, Trump, Murphy, etc., wear vests printed with Chinese characters when they participate in official competitions, and the Chinese characters are either "Evergrande Ice Spring" or "Star Brand".
These Chinese Chinese companies are the main sponsors of the International Taiwan Federation, so it is not difficult for Chinese golfers to find the International Taiwan Federation to get a wild card.
There are 60 million billiards fans in China, and the total population of the British Isles is only 60 million.
On December 8, Duke arrived in Glasgow, Scotland, to prepare for the Scottish Open, which begins on December 12.
Selby, who is currently ranked No. 1 in the world, did not come to Glasgow, and Ding Junhui, who is ranked No. 6 in the world, did not come.
But Bingham, Higgins, and Trump, who are ranked 2~4 in the world, are here, Ronnie O'Sullivan is here, and Liang Wenbo and Fu Jiajun are also here.
All in all, good hands like clouds.
Not everyone welcomes Duke to join snooker, and the representative of Scottish players, "Wizard" Higgins, does not seem to welcome Duke very well: "97 points in a single stroke, this is not worth showing off to the world." ”
Higgins fought with his fellow Scottish man Stephen Hendry for many years, and Hendry generally criticised whoever Hendry praised. Vice versa.
Higgins's struggle with the International Taiwan Federation is even more intense, and he has repeatedly bombarded the International Taiwan Federation: "Snooker must maintain pure British blood, and you can do anything for money!" It alludes to the excessive involvement of Chinese capital in the International Taiwan Federation, diluting the pure British blood of snooker.
Hendry is the darling of the International Taiwan Federation, Hendry and the International Taiwan Federation both support Duke, and Higgins just wants to fight against them.
Duke and Higgins have no grievances, as soon as he arrived in Scotland, he was criticized by Higgins, Duke was not happy, he immediately responded: "97 points, it's enough to win you." ”
"What's the situation? As soon as Duke arrived in Scotland, he got involved with Higgins? "The Chinese media who followed Du Ke found it hilarious.
"Higgins is like that, a conservative, he dares to say anything, and the International Taiwan Federation also has a headache for him. But Higgins has a very high status in the snooker world, and he can't do anything about him for a headache, so the International Taiwan Federation can only go with him. ”
"Will Duke be able to meet Higgins?"
"I look at the battle table, it's not a half-zone, if you want to meet, they will also meet in the final."
"In other words, Duke's level of 97 points in a single stroke may not be able to surpass Higgins, Higgins ranks third in the world!" There are also more sensible people.
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On December 12, at the Magarote Centre in Glasgow, the first round of the Scottish Open began.
A total of 128 players will participate in the Scottish Open, with no seeded players and no qualifiers, and all 128 players will start from the first round.
Duke's first-round opponent was current world No. 7 Neil Robertson "The Melbourne Machine."
The first round of the game is held at the same time at multiple tables, and the media generally do not broadcast the first round of the game live, and it will not be broadcast live until the top 32.
But there were a lot of spectators, Chinese and foreign media reporters all gathered around table 5, and the black-haired Duke and the bright-haired blond Robertson were guessing coins.
Doucle wears a black vest, black trousers, black leather shoes, and a snow-white shirt with a red bow tie at the collar. His hairstyle is very energetic, with a little hairspray, and the hair in front is hard and sharp.
"Duke is very handsome!" The reporters filmed Du Ke wildly, and they were used to seeing Du Ke dressed in sportswear, and today they have to see Du Ke change into a straight professional snooker suit, and his temperament is different.
"It's still the allure of the uniform!" The female reporters were about to drool, and then looked at Robertson: "The handsome blonde guy is also very good-looking!" ”
Australian player Robertson's blonde hair is natural, he is very handsome, but he has gained a lot of fans all over the world, not just by virtue of his blonde hair and handsome face.
Robertson, a left-hander, is the epitome of the precision player, earning him the nickname "The Melbourne Machine", and he plays as accurately as a machine. Robertson is also the first non-British Isles player to win a World Championship title in 30 years.
Duke's professional snooker met Robertson in the first game, and it was not easy to pass the first hurdle.
Robertson guessed the coin in the suit referee's hand and chose to tee off first.
Duke politely shook hands with Robertson and the referee, and then sat down in his chair.
The first game began, and the first round was 7 rounds and 4 wins.
Robertson kicks off the regular and returns to the top of the library after the white ball eats four banks.
Robertson returned to his seat after teeing off, and he glanced at Duke, "I've left you a chance, see if you have what it takes to take it."
A red ball came out of the pile, and Doucle got up and walked to the side of the table, aimed at the ball, dribbled a little, and then hit the center of the white ball a little lower.
Syllable!
Duke chose to attack on the long platform and went straight to the bottom pocket with a single red ball.
Bang!
The white ball hits the red ball, and the red ball goes into the pocket.
The white ball was fixed in the original position of the red ball, which was a long-distance fix, and the audience applauded.
The audience in the British Isles knows snooker very well, and the Duke long platform attack is quite accurate, and he also played a long-distance set that is difficult to grasp, which is worthy of applause.
"There are two hits!" Robertson was silent, but at a glance at the connoisseur, his long table shots were just as accurate, and he could tell at a glance that Duke was not blind. He said in his heart, Duke, you have made our Australian swimming team so miserable, and now you are here to scourge snooker, you are really everywhere! (To be continued.) )