I drove up the road with our ayi (nannie) Ding the other day and asked her in Chinese why she thought this was all happening.

一天，我和保姆丁阿姨驱车行使在京顺路上，我用中文问她，她觉得为什么会发生这样的变化。

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Costantini lost to Ding that day, and he remembered the other players, coaches and fans feeling bewildered about what had happened.

那天科斯坦蒂尼输给了丁毅，他还记得其他运动员、教练和球迷们对此都感到大惑不解。

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Even now, having reached the heights in world snooker, Ding practises as hard as ever — eight hours a day from 10 am to 6 PM, without a day off.

即使已经贵为世界顶尖选手，丁俊晖还是苦练如常—每天8小时，从早上10点到晚上6点，日复一日，从不间断。

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There was nothing to separate Ding and Day after the first 14 frames as the match was deadlocked 7-7.

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Ding claimed the next and although Day's 62 looked to have taken the match to a decider, he ran out of position to give the Chinese player the chance to seal victory.

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It didn't take long -- actually, just a day -- before outraged netizens tracked down Ding in Nanjing.

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