On 3 April 2005, a grinning Ding Junhui lifted the China Open trophy aloft. Just two days after his 18th birthday, a shy, fresh-faced teenager had stunned the snooker world.
At the end of tournament that he’d only been entered into as a wildcard in order to drive local interest in Beijing, Ding had become the second-youngest ranking event winner in snooker history, behind a certain Ronnie O’Sullivan.
