On January 27, 2022, the World Taiwan Federation announced the Turkish Masters signing form, the qualification will be held from February 2 to 6, the main tournament will wait until March 7-13, this is the first time that the snooker event will be held in Turkey, when 64 players will travel to Antalya to participate in the main competition, Selby, Trump, Robertson, Karen. Wilson is the top four seed and their qualifying round will be postponed.
There were 25 Chinese players who signed up, led by Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, two top sixteen players, ding Junhui drew a good draw, and the first round was against andrew Who was ranked 111th in the world. Padgett, who has only won three games this season, as long as Ding Junhui plays at a normal level, eliminating opponents to advance to the main tournament has no problem, and there is a derby in the first round, regardless of the outcome, the three are determined in advance to advance.
It is worth mentioning that the world's top sixteen players, only O'Sullivan alone is absent, many fans regret this, the local snooker fans want to see O'Sullivan's game, but this kind of thing is all voluntary, O'Sullivan himself does not want to go, the World Taiwan Federation has no way, the Turkish Masters total prize money of 500,000 pounds, the champion 100,000 pounds, counted in the ranking.
Outside fans speculated that O'Sullivan may not be willing to travel long distances to Turkey to participate in the competition, to which O'Sullivan has responded, he said that the reason for the abstention is simple, that is, he feels bored, really does not want to go, hopes to leave the qualification to the amateur players, mentioning that if you want to attract yourself to participate, the World Taiwan Federation or the organizers have to pay extra money, otherwise I will stay at home.
In other words, O'Sullivan wants to get extra appearance fees, the prize money of the game is not very attractive to him, especially to go to the field, and really does not want to toss, as long as there is no snooker event in the UK, Whether O'Sullivan participates or not depends on his mood, more importantly, the amount of the prize money, if the organizer can provide more support, it is the best thing.
Just last year's World Grand Prix, O'Sullivan won the 38th ranking championship of his career, once again creating history, in the world he has a super popularity, can attract more fans to the game, promote the promotion of snooker sports, in O'Sullivan's view, to get additional appearance fees is not excessive, but the World Taiwan Federation is difficult to agree to his request, the organizer is possible.
German Masters O'Sullivan lost 0-5 to Hussein. Wafi, in the qualifiers was eliminated, when O'Sullivan kicked off directly to blow up the ball pile, in the eyes of many fans is blind, unwilling to go to Berlin to participate, O'Sullivan's earliest game, until next month's Champions League seventh group, when will play with Ding Junhui, Higgins, Robertson and others to compete for the winner's group seat.