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Snooker talent Ding retains national title(Xinhua)Updated: 2007-01-02 19:48 NANJING, East China, January 2 -- Former UK Championship winner Ding Junhui defeated 18-year-old rival Xiao Guodong 6-2 to retain his national title at the China Championship of Professional Snooker in Yixing, Jiangsu province, on Tuesday. Ding was utterly offensive through all frames, finishing the last one 73-0 to win the one-sided match with advantageous skills and profound experience. Ding, who won the UK Championship in 2005, was awarded a prize of 15,000 yuan (about 2,000 U.S. dollars) for the title of the national championship, which kicked off on December 29, 2006.
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