Ding was hit with a fine for ‘publicly criticising snooker parties in social media posts’ at the 2024 Scottish Open.
The former world number one criticised the tables at the Edinburgh event on Chinese social media site Weibo after losing 4-3 to Luca Brecel.
‘I have never played on a s*** table like this – the bounce on the cushion was the same as that of a spring. How can one control the cue ball on such a table?’ Ding wrote, via the South China Morning Post.
Ding was fined £4,000 for his comments, although £2,500 of which was suspended to March 13, 2025. He also had to pay £975 in costs.
Burden was hit with a £1,500 fine and given a formal warning as to his future behaviour due to ‘inappropriate behaviour’ in a World Seniors Championship qualifying match in April.
The 48-year-old went on to win the World Seniors Championship at the Crucible in May and remembers the incident as ‘punching the table a couple of times and swearing.’