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Ding Junhui announces his withdrawal on Weibo.
This week's Shanghai Masters will lack a major star attraction after home favorite Ding Junhui pulled out of the event.


Ding announced through his Weibo account on Sunday evening that he had withdrawn from this year’s ranking event Cheap Samuel Girard Hat , without citing any reason. Reports, however, suggested that the current world No. 2 has been bothered by an eye ailment.


Ding suffered from viral conjunctivitis at the end of last month, which affected his performance at the 2017 Snooker International Championship in Daqing, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.


Ding is the only player to have won the Shanghai Masters twice in the tournament’s one-decade history. The defending champion was due to take on compatriot Mei Xiwen in the heldover on Monday evening. Mei automatically advances to the first round, where he will take on England’s Adam Duffy.




Meanwhile Cheap Juuse Saros Hat , Ronnie O’Sullivan had to delay his arrival for the Shanghai tournament as “The Rocket” was in Coventry, England, for the 2017 Champion of Champions.


According to organizers, O’Sullivan’s first-round match against fellow Englishman Gary Wilson, which was originally scheduled on Tuesday evening, had been rescheduled for Wednesday morning.

　　Welshman Dominic Dale Cheap Roman Josi Hat , winner of the inaugural Shanghai Masters in 2007, signs autograph for fans at a promotional event on the city's iconic Bund on Sunday evening. Second-ranked Roger Federer takes questions during a press conference at the Qizhong Tennis Center in suburban Minhang District on October 9, 2017. The Swiss veteran plays his first match at the Shanghai Rolex Masters on October 11, 2017.

Roger Federer has set his sights on the Shanghai Rolex Masters title, saying that for him the local tournament was always “a priority”.


“It’s definitely one of the goals of the season for me here, this tournament Cheap Viktor Arvidsson Hat ,” the world No. 2 said at a press conference at Minhang's Qizhong Tennis Center on Monda