Referring to one of Snooker's strongest players in recent seasons, I believe that Judd Trump will definitely be on the list, and the feat of winning 11 titles in two seasons is also an unprecedented record in snooker history.
In 2019, after winning the World Championship, Trump officially surpassed O'Sullivan to the world's first position, and after at the top of the list, Trump showed his strong strength at his peak and won various ranking championships in succession.
However, since the beginning of this season, Trump's state has surprised fans, not only the world ranking has been overtaken by Selby to the second place in the world, but even the results in various competitions have suffered Waterloo, in addition to the championship of this season, Trump's best result is only the quarterfinals.
What is even more unexpected is that this season Trump has been upset many times in the face of low-ranking players, and his aggressiveness on the field of competition is not as good as before, and the root cause of all this is that the "super accuracy" on which Trump relies for survival has begun to decline.
As we all know, Trump has been known for accuracy since his debut, and the terrifying longstand has won countless victories for it, and familiar fans know that Trump has been praised as an inexplicable existence in the previous seasons.
But as he grew older, Trump's accuracy also began to fluctuate and decline, and there was no long stage in many matches this season, which was the main reason why he repeatedly lost to low-ranking players and could not break through the quarter-finals of the rankings.
For quasi-players, in their cognition, "it is not difficult to be accurate in the world", but the career of snooker athletes is very long, and if the accuracy of survival suddenly has problems with age and daily state, then the only thing waiting for players is to get out.
This is also an important factor in why Higgins and O'Sullivan have been able to remain aggressive so far, even as their accuracy declines as they age, they can still win games for themselves through their strong possession and defense.
After Trump's accuracy began to decline this season, he also completely exposed his biggest shortcomings in technology, and when he could not rely on accuracy to win the game, Trump could not find opportunities for himself through delicate balls and excellent defense.
Objectively speaking, Trump's position and defense have indeed improved a lot compared to the first few years of his debut, but for a player in the top three of the world rankings, these are far from enough, and if there is no blessing from these two aspects in the long-term game system of the three major competitions, he is doomed to fall on the road to the championship.
But Trump clearly has no intention of changing, having previously said in an interview that refusing to learn Higgins and O'Sullivan's style of play would only make himself self-defeating, and all he needed to do was to score the missed target ball accurately. But familiar fans are well aware that O'Sullivan, the current first man in snooker, is known for his ornamentality, but his ability to surround the ball and his excellent defense are indispensable parts of his career.
Of course, every player has his own unique playing style and personality, Trump is no exception, snooker many celebrities and legendary superstars have advised him to strengthen his position and defense, but whether Trump listens to it or not is only known to him.