Ding Junhui Wins 2023 Six Red World Championship

luck everything's difficult but full marks for taking the Black on another twist and another chance for ding he's had opportunities in the last two frames to close out this final the only thing I'd say Philip is that there is a red safe and ding's gonna need it not entirely safe because it's not close enough to the cushion he'd have had a great chance of leveling the matchup had that black gone in he wouldn't have needed that red it's about trying to control the nerves as much as the skill of actually pulling the balls at this stage intense pressure on every shot well played out for the pink and he's under hit that play a long way so he's not going to be able to get close to the next red unless it comes in after Borg that's what he's decided to do he needs this thread down the cushion that's the red to take for me but this is no gimme either that's what makes the other red more favorable good pot yeah he queued that well never easy close to the side cushion under this sort of pressure temperature had the chance with the long range black which stayed out he's praying he doesn't play for this red on the cushion so now the pot is not a gimme and he's going to finish on a color to be able to get to that red and the red is all he would need so six days of six red snooker have come down to this shot for ding Xing wheat this is for the championship and it's there and that's what it means to him he thumps the table he was crossed at not closing it out earlier but it surely done and dusted now a very hard fought final [Applause] has worked extremely hard to make a contest of it but ding has always been in front has always looked just a little bit stronger than his opponent and he can now enjoy these moments safe in the knowledge that he is the champion [Applause] offers his congratulations ends more than three years of waiting for a major title he claims his second six Reds World Championship to return to the winners enclosure where he belongs six Reds world champion for 2020.