With the successful conclusion of the snooker single-time limited time competition, the World Taiwan Federation also announced the latest ranking of the new season, and Hussein Wafi, who won the first championship of his career, rose sharply to 23rd place in the world with a prize money of 50,000 pounds.
However, the new World Ranking Tournament has little impact on the top players on the list, after all, several of them have a huge lead in bonus points, such as Selby, Trump, O'Sullivan, Robertson, Karen Wilson and others can be said to be able to sit back and relax.
Among the top 16 players in the world ranking, two Chinese players are among them, namely Zhao Xintong, a post-90s young player who ranks ninth in the world, and Yan Bingtao, a post-00s young player who ranks 15th in the world.
There is no doubt that Zhao Xintong's performance this season can be described as a surprise to domestic fans, Zhao Xintong passed the hurdles in the British Championship, and finally defeated Brechel in the final to win the first ranking championship trophy of his career.
Zhao Xintong's first victory not only set many records but also received up to 200,000 pounds of prize points, which also allowed him to directly enter the top ten of the world rankings, and get tickets to many of the next many events, it is no exaggeration to say that as long as Zhao Xintong plays steadily, he will be firmly in the top 16 seat in the next two years.
And Yan Bingtao needless to say, the 00 youngster's performance since winning the Masters championship has been remarkable, although the Masters championship prize money is not counted in the ranking, but Yan Bingtao still retained his position in the world's top sixteen through his long and stable play.
Many people may wonder how many Chinese snooker brothers Ding Junhui are currently ranked? Since Ding Junhui deducted 200,000 points from the British Championship two years ago this season, the ranking has officially fallen out of the top sixteen, and the ranking is even more disastrous due to successive retirements and frequent rounds of travel this season.
This is not the end, according to the latest ranking given by the World Federation of Taiwan Ding Junhui has fallen all the way down to the 30th place in the world, this ranking can be described as the worst record of Ding Junhui in the past ten years, and there is a trend of continued decline.
At present, Ding Junhui only has 127,000 pounds of bonus points, considering that Ding Junhui cannot participate in many ranking tournaments in the future, then this point will only decrease and not increase, which also gives other players the opportunity to surpass Ding Junhui.
Although Ding Junhui has previously shown his determination to return to the top sixteen in the world, it is frankly hopeless to return to the top 16 ranking with his current state and ranking situation, because it is impossible to soar through an event.
In addition to Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao, Ding Junhui and others, Zhou Yuelong is currently ranked 18th in the world, Xiao Guodong and Liang Wenbo are ranked 31st and 32nd respectively, and only six members of the Chinese Snooker Legion have successfully landed this time and entered the world's top 32.
There will be more and more large-scale events in the second half of the season, and I hope that Chinese players can seize the opportunity and work hard to train and strive for more good results, because this is not only related to the ranking problem, but also related to the honor of their personal careers.