In the early morning of December 12, Beijing time, the snooker Scottish Open ended the semi-final competition, and wizard Higgins and Belgian Bullet Brechel swept O'Sullivan and McGill 6-1 at the same time, successfully meeting the final. With the final list out, the latest edition of the world ranking is also basically released, only when Brechel wins the championship, the ranking changes partially, that is, Yan Bingtao slipped to 16th, Lisovsky slipped to 17th, Brechel rose to 15th, when Higgins won the championship, the current provisional ranking no longer changes.
TOP16: Selby, Trump, O'Sullivan, Robertson, Wilson, Higgins, Murphy, Williams, Zhao Xintong, Hawkins, Maguire, Allen, McGill, Bingham, Yan Bingtao (or Brecher), Lisovsky (or Yan Bingtao)
In terms of TOP16, there has been basically no major change from the previous world rankings, the top 5 in the world is still Selby, Trump, O'Sullivan, Robertson and Wilson; Higgins after reaching the final, whether he wins the championship or not, is against Murphy to 6th; Murphy, Williams, Zhao Xintong, Hawkins are ranked 7-10, Zhao Xintong ranked 9th; Maguire was 11th, Allen was 12th, McGill rose to a new high of 13th in several months after reaching the top 4, and Bingham ranked 14th.
Yan Bingtao and Lissovsky are temporarily ranked 15-16th, but if Brechel wins the championship in Scotland, then Brechel comes to 15th, Yan Bingtao falls to 16th, the young driver falls out of the TOP16 in the fourth season after he is among the TOP16, and Brechel returns to the TOP16 in the third season after falling out of the TOP16, what will happen to the fate of the two post-90s, let's wait and see, the young driver has not yet won the ranking championship.
In terms of TOP32, Brechel temporarily ranked 17th (if he won the championship 15th), Zhou Yuelong fell one place to 18th; Gould, Dort, Gilbert, Carter, Ford, Walton, G. Wilson ranked 19-25th; Ryan Day, Serter, Brown ranked 26-28th; China's Ding Junhui continued to explore the bottom, falling two places from the previous ranking to 29th; Xiao Guodong and Lu Ning ranked 30-31, and Perry pressed 32nd.
In terms of other Chinese players, Liang Wenbo was 33rd; Li Xing rose 7 places to 44th after reaching the top 8 of the Scottish Tournament; Lu Haotian was 57th, Tian Pengfei was 62nd, and the two were on the verge of relegation; Pang Junxu was promoted to 64th, squeezed into the relegation line, and was expected to be able to successfully complete relegation in the second season of his career; Gao Yang, Zhao Jianbo and Cao Yupeng ranked 73rd, 78th and 79th respectively; Wu Yize was 86th, Fan Zhengyi was 89th; Xu Si and Chang Bingyu were 91st and 97th; Zhang Jiankang, Yuan Sijun, Zhang Anda, Lei Peifan, and Chen Zifan all ranked 100 meters away; Fu Jiajun has not yet made a comeback, and wu Anyi has accumulated 0 points at the bottom.
Hendry slipped 4 places to 99th, and relegation was inevitable.