The 2023 Shanghai Masters was played at the Grand Stage in Shanghai, from 11 to 17 September 2023. The prestigious invitational tournament featured only 24 players and all four Grove players featured in that elite group. Ronnie O’Sullivan was the defending champion.
The first round saw twelve professionals and four Chinese wildcards compete to reach the “last 16″ round. Ding was involved in that round and he beat Si Jishui by 6-2. This was Ding’s first match of the season.
In the last 16, Ding and Neil Robertson faced each other, …

The 2023 European Masters was the first “non-league” ranking event of the 2023/24 season. It was played in Nuremberg, Germany from 22 to 27 August 2023.
From the Grove, only Neil Robertson and Mark Selby had entered the event. Neil didn’t make the trip to Germany as he lost in the qualifiers. Mark reached the semi-finals, where he lost by 6-4 to the eventual champion, Barry Hawkins.
All detailed results are available on snooker.org