A few days ago, with the end of the World Snooker Tour Grand Prix, "Rocket" O'Sullivan counterattacked Robertson in the final and won his 38th ranking championship, which means that all the major events in world snooker in 2021 are over. In the past 12 months of the journey, more than 20 large and small events have been held, a total of 13 champions have been born, including many of the world's first Selby's fourth world championship, "seven five three masters" O'Sullivan, Higgins, Williams' old tree blossoms, frequent finals, and champions in the account. And the Chinese legion did not fall behind at all, Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong, won the masters and British championships in the three major competitions, which was quite eye-catching. Unfortunately, a brother Ding Junhui is still doing nothing, and the world ranking has fallen out of the top 16, falling to 29th.
In 2021, spanning the first half and second half of the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 seasons. The Year begins with the Masters and ends with the Grand Prix, including 19 major professional circuits, including 15 in the rankings and 4 in the Invitational. In addition, there are 3 women's tournaments, 1 senior tournament and 2 amateur tournaments. In the championship list, Trump became the biggest winner with three crowns, including the German Masters, the Gibraltar Open and the champions of the three-tournament. Robertson, Selby and Williams each won two titles. In addition, 10 people, including O'Sullivan, Higgins, Allen, Gilbert, Jordan Brown, Ryan Day, Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong, Brechel, and Karen Wilson, won 1 event each.
For Chinese fans, the biggest surprise in 2021 is the performance of the two young players, yan Bingtao, who was born in 00, soared to the sky at the Masters at the beginning of the year, defeating Higgins 10-8 to win his first three major competitions. Born in 1997, Zhao Xintong, who was only 24 years old, performed well in another three major British Championships at the end of the year, all the way like a hanging, in the final final 10-5 Li Nick Belgian famous Brechel, not only his first ranking champion, but also the gold-rich British Championship in the three competitions, but also made his personal world ranking rise to the ninth in the world, becoming the highest ranking person in the Chinese legion. Ding Junhui, on the other hand, continued his sluggish performance, the best result of the season is still only the top 8, as the two-year cycle of his 2019 British Championship victory has arrived, deducting the championship prize money of that year, his world ranking has fallen sharply, creating a new career low in the last 16 years.
In the past year, I have to mention the 46-year-old "seven five three masters" O'Sullivan, Higgins, Williams, the three of them are still not old, adding up to 12 times to reach the final, and each has a champion in the account, their world rankings are high in the world third, the world sixth and the world eighth. But after all, their age is already here, and the energy in the final is not as good as in the past, O'Sullivan won 1 championship and 3 sub-leagues, Higgins won 1-5-y, and Williams won 2-crown. The heroic performance of these three old guys will stimulate young people to a certain extent, and they still need a long way to go if they want to take office as veterans, and "Seven Five-Three Masters" is not only an example, but also an object that young people need to impact and surpass.