--FILE--Ding Junhui of China considers a shot to Li Hang of China in their quarter-final match during the 2017 World Open snooker tournament in Yushan county, Shangrao city, east China's Jiangxi province, 22 September 2017. China's former world number one Ding Junhui was inducted into the world snooker Hall of Fame at the annual World Snooker Awards ceremony at the Dorchester Hotel in central London on Thursday (10 May 2018). Ding, ranked sixth in the world, became the 29th man to receive the honor which was introduced in 2011. The 31-year-old, who has won 13 ranking events and had a huge influence on the growth of snooker in China over the past 15 years, became the second Asian to be inducted into the Hall of Fame after Thailand's Sindhu Pulsirivong, the long-serving president of the Billiard Sports Association of Thailand. *** Local Caption ***
