Ronnie and Ding are in Lhasa, Tibet for a two days exhibition.
Today, both professionals faced amateurs, who had come through a qualifying event to earn the honour to play legends of their sport.
In the afternoon, Ronnie played the runner-up of the qualifying event, Geng Yuan. Ronnie won the match by 5-1, despite struglling with altitude illness. Nice to se Zhou Ying in the white gloves there.
Ronnie suffered from altitude sickness and needed oxygen after the match
But still signed autographs …
Ronnie O'Sullivan 
v Ding frame11: https://www.douyin.com/video/7319137125889314059
v Ding frame9: https://www.douyin.com/video/7319120635010026803
v Ding frame 8: https://www.douyin.com/video/7319117580478860554
v Ding frame 7: https://www.douyin.com/video/7319115097442471180
v Ding frame 6: https://www.douyin.com/video/7318680516406840612
v Ding frame 1: https://www.douyin.com/video/7319097535287676170
v Ding frame 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLYVB_sMB8E
If I’m right despite Ronnie was 5-1 up there, Ding was the winner by 6-5
Frame 3-4 v Ding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGyRVchFg2A
Ding Junhui – Wu Jinduoj:
frame 1-4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8ybJZdalIg
from frame 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwsEg7e7iRA
the End of the Ding’s match: https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjI4OTc3MzYzNg==.html?frommaciku=1
Ding-Wu highlights: https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjI4OTc5MjgzMg==.html?frommaciku=1
Ronnie-Geng highlights: https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjI4OTQ0OTIwNA==.html?frommaciku=1
It sounds really terrible. Nobody will convince me it’s worth it. 😿 Just hope it’s only crappy feeling with no lasting effects and consequences.
Someone on social media who understands Chinese told me that the automatic translation is not correct. Ronnie was not in tears, the blogger was deeply moved – with tears in their eyes – to see Ronnie taking time for the fans despite needing oxygen because of altitude illness.
still stupid innit, agree with Csilla. needing oxygen…anything for communist money, sadly
I don’t think it’s stupid to go and promote snooker in areas where people rarely have opportunities to watch it live. Ding has been doing this for years, notably with John Higgins. Covid put a stop to it, but he’s revived it this year. Needing oxygen when going to those altitudes and you’re not used to it, is normal. Ding needed it it as well. The organisers know it and that’s why they had it at the ready. The players knew that they might need it as well. And the next day their bodies had adapted and they were fine.