Ding Hui, 19, a Chinese African male volleyball player with the Zhejiang provincial team, has been included in national team training.

效力于浙江男排的中非混血儿丁慧日前入选男排国家队集训名单，成为中国国字号球队史上首位"非洲裔"选手。

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According to ding Wenjun, the most remarkable feature of his son is that he keeps a cool head, an important characteristic for a snooker player.

父亲丁文钧说，儿子最突出的一点就是能保持头脑冷静，对于台球手而言，这是一个至关重要的特点。

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According to his father, ding Wenjun, who also was a snooker player, he first 13 detected his son's remarkable talent when ding was just 8.

他父亲丁文钧也曾经是一名台球手，在丁俊晖8岁时，他觉察到儿子在台球方面的惊人天赋。

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Nevertheless, snooker fans on the Five Live message boards were in little doubt about Ding's potential, both as a player and as a symbol of snooker's new generation.

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Ding Junhui, who won the crown in 2005, will play either Ryan Day or fellow Chinese player Liu Song in the second round, when he enters the competition along with the rest of the top 16.

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