(Sorry for that rubbish title!) 18 year old Ding Junhui won his first ever UK Championship. He beat the legend Steve Davis 10-6. I watched the last few frames – a great match.
One thing about Ding though was that he seemed to show no emotion – maybe he is a Vulcan – he could be as well since we cant see the top of ears!! I think he needs a haircut!! When he finally won he did finally manage to crack a smile but it all looked like an uncomfortable smile!
Well done Ding! The first ever player outside the UK to have won the UK championship.
In some other sport news, Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-0. For once I wanted Arsenal to win. It would have meant United were 6 points behind them. A draw would have been good too. Arsenal are now 20 points behind Chelsea (and 11 behind United). It now looks like Chelseas main challengers are United and Liverpool.
Back to the actual match, Arsenal were unlucky with a disallowed goal – it was given for offside but Van Persie was onside and it looks like they gave offside for Henry (who was not ‘active’ in play). Also Essein once again was at the centre of some controvery – looked like he tried to elbow someone and also in another challenge looked like he just tripped someone up. Out of about 3 ‘tackles’ he got 1 yellow card. One other thing to note is that the 2 managers didnt shake hands at the end of the match – Jose just walked straight down the tunnel – Arsene Wenger said it wasnt deliberate but I think it was!!
