On December 11, 2021, the snooker Scottish Open final four came out, O'Sullivan played against Higgins for the 75th time, the 75th three masters staged a peak showdown, Brechel played against McGill, the two post-90s ranking champions began to compete, so that no matter what the result, it is the 75 three masters and the young generation after the 90s to compete for the championship, O'Sullivan, Higgins has won the runner-up consecutively, and it is indeed not willing.
After Li Xing lost to O'Sullivan out, the Chinese player did not qualify for the semi-finals, the best result was the quarterfinals, the performance was not as good as last year, after the Scottish Open, the World Taiwan Federation invited the top 32 players in the single season to participate in the World Grand Prix, which is also the last snooker event of the year, Li Xing failed to catch the last train It is a pity, Zhou Yuelong was squeezed out by the glasses man Gould.
The world grand prix champion prize money of 100,000 pounds, as long as the participation even if the first round is out, you can get 5,000 pounds of prize money, this year the Taiwan Federation announced that the first round of the prize money is counted in the ranking, so that it will have a greater impact on the entire list, more importantly, there are players championships and tour championships, once the world grand prix is lost, basically determined to be shortlisted.
The overall performance of Chinese players is far less than last year, although Zhao Xintong won the Championship in the British Championship and ranked first in a single season, but in addition to him, only Yan Bingtao and Cao Yupeng got the qualification, and the others did not meet the requirements in single-season rankings, although the Scottish Open did not end, but the four players who reached the semi-finals were qualified, and the top 32 of the World Grand Prix has been released.
The top 32 are Zhao Xintong, Mark. Williams, Brechel, Mark. Alan, Higgins, Gilbert, O'Sullivan, Robertson, Karen. Wilson, Gary. Wilson, Richie. Wharton, Hawkins, Trump, McGill, Jimmy. Robertson, Yan Bingtao, Mark. Kim, Matthew. Celt, Maguire, Wollaston.
Selby, Bingham, Hussein. Wafi, Hamilton, Noppon. Sankham, Andy. Hicks, Carter, Cao Yupeng, Tom. Ford, Lisovsky, Jordan. Brown, Martin. Gould.
Ding Junhui once won a world grand prix runner-up, when he lost to O'Sullivan in the final, his current world ranking and single-season ranking, have created a new low in recent years, Ding Junhui himself is not willing, hope to find the state as soon as possible, he announced the registration for the single limited time competition starting next January, after nine years to participate again, he said that he would train hard and strive to get rid of the downturn.
Zhao Xintong accepted an exclusive interview, expressed his support for Ding Junhui's attitude, mentioned that he was very grateful for Ding Junhui's help to himself, it is precisely because he saw his game, so many people will play snooker until now, to this step today, but also hope to see him return to the peak as soon as possible.