On the morning of January 24, 2022, Beijing time, after three days of competition, the snooker single limited time competition finally competed for the final champion - Hussein. Waffy.
Born in 1994, Waffy is the sixth post-90s player to win the snooker ranking tournament. This one-time limited time win, and his world ranking rises to 23rd.
Before this one-time limited time tournament, Waffy had never reached the final of any professional competition. For years, he has been hoping to win his first trophy. This morning, Waffy eliminated Liang Wenbo in the semi-finals and defeated Mark in the final. Williams, whose outstanding one-shot winning performance lifted him up to this unquestionable championship trophy!
The first of the post-90s snooker players to win the ranking tournament was Michael. White, known as "Little White".
Back in the 2015 Indian Open, Michael. White eliminated Mark in the semi-finals. Williams, who swept Walton 5-0 in the final, won her first ranking tournament of her career. At this point, Little White became the first post-90s player to win the ranking championship.
However, such a genius has gradually become mediocre in recent years. The third round of the 2020 World Championship qualifiers lost to Thai player Nopong. After Sankham, after failing to advance to the top 64 in the world rankings, Little White was relegated and disqualified. He also failed to qualify professionally from the Q School series in 2021 and can only compete as an amateur this season.
The most honored snooker player after the 90s is "囧哥" Karen. Wilson, currently ranked 5th in the world.
Karen. Wilson has won 4 ranking titles in his career. 2015 Shanghai Masters Final, "Warrior" Karen. Wilson was stubbornly equalized by Trump with a 9:7 lead over Trump, and Wilson won the game in the decider, becoming the second player in the post-90s to win the ranking championship, only about half a year later than Little White. A few years later, Karen. Wilson has won paul in 2018. Winner of the Hunt Classic, the 2019 German Masters and the 2020 Snooker Champions League (Rankings). Four crowns in hand, the only one in the post-90s!
The third post-90s player to win the ranking tournament is Anthony. McGill, currently ranked 14th in the world.
Following White Jr.'s victory at the Indian Open in 2015, the younger McGill won the 2016 Indian Open, where he defeated another post-90s champion, Karen. Wilson. In February 2017, the snooker single-time limited time game attracted players as a ranking match for the first time, and McGill won the championship of this year, overtaking in the corner, becoming the player with the largest number of ranking championships in the post-90s at that time.
When it comes to post-90s snooker players, we have to say that the two brightest rising stars in the last month of 2021 - Zhao Xintong (9th) and Luca. Brechel (16th).
Zhao Xintong was born in 1997 and has not reached the final of the ranking tournament for many years since his debut. Until the 2021 British Championship, Zhao Xintong won 6 consecutive rounds to reach the final, facing the rejuvenated Brechel, Zhao Xintong won the opponent with a score of 10:5, and won the first championship of the career ranking tournament without suspense, becoming the fifth post-90s player to win the snooker ranking championship.
And Brechel won the Chinese Championship as early as 2017, and in the final of this competition, he defeated Shaun in the "Eighty-Five Tigers". Murphy. Fast forward to 2021, after losing to Zhao Xintong in the final of the British Championship, Brechel broke into another ranking final with an outstanding performance, back-to-back, the 2021 Scottish Open, and defeated John in the final with a score of 9:5. Higgins. After a few years of silence, the genius teenager is back again!
Zhao Xintong and Luca in the 2021/2022 season. Brechel, Hussein. Waffy's three post-90s snooker players have won the championship one after another, snatching the fruits of victory from the hands of post-70s and post-80s players. There is no doubt that the post-80s players have become the backbone of the snooker competition, and the "753 Jie" is also extremely competitive in the competition for the championship! Today, the post-90s players have also emerged and become a force that cannot be ignored among the competition's champion contenders!
Recently, new ranking champions have appeared every year, which is extremely beneficial for the long-term development of snooker! I also hope that every year there will be talents emerging, impacting veteran players and writing their own careers!