On February 14, 2022, the Snooker Players Tournament ended, world champion Robertson blasted a four-stroke break, defeated Hawkins 10-5 in the final, won the 22nd ranking championship of his career, tied Trump, and became the second post-80s player to win the championship in the tournament.
Hawkins this time is still the runner-up, after the Masters once again lost to Robertson in the final, indeed his comprehensive strength is still poor, many times into the final only three championships, became the strongest background emperor, after the end of the players' championship, the World Taiwan Federation updated the ranking, the highest ranking of Chinese players or Zhao Xintong, Ding Junhui continued to decline, fell out of the top thirty, he still has to step up.
Robertson won the title with a prize of £125,000, Hawkins runner-up £50,000, and Karen. Wilson won the highest single-shot bonus with 141 points, but Robertson's ranking did not change, the top three led the way, but Hawkins returned to the top ten.
The top sixteen players are Selby, O'Sullivan, Trump, Robertson, Karen. Wilson, Higgins, Zhao Xintong, Mark. Williams, Hawkins, Sean. Murphy, Mark. Allen, Maguire, Yan Bingtao, Bingham Bing, McGill, Luca. Brechel, the biggest improvement is Jimmy. Robertson, who reached the final four and lost to Robertson, moved up 11 places.
Zhao Xintong created a new career high and continued to rise to the seventh place in the world, Yan Bingtao remained unchanged, Zhou Yuelong dropped to 20th, and only these three Chinese players ranked in the top 20 in the world, and Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao basically determined the seed seats of this year's World Championships.
In terms of other Chinese players, Lu Ning was 30th, Ding Junhui was 31st, Xiao Guodong was 34th, Liang Wenbo was 35th, Li Xing was 45th, Lu Haotian was 56th, Pang Junxu was 63rd, Tian Pengfei was 67th, Cao Yupeng was 72nd, Gao Yang was 73rd, Zhao Jianbo was 79th, Fan Zhengyi was 80th, Wu Yize was 83rd, Xu Si was 93rd, and Chang Bingyu was 94th.
Zhang Jiankang is 101st, Zhang Anda is 104th, Yuan Sijun is 106th, Lei Peifan is 107th, Chen Zifan is 116th, Wu Anyi is 119th, Fu Jiajun is 122nd, Fu Jiajun has not participated in any competition this season.
The next game is the Welsh Open tomorrow, the performance of Chinese players is looking forward to, for Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, the next step is to work hard and strive for another good result, Ding Junhui needs to adjust the state as soon as possible through competition and training, strive for an early return, break the long-standing championship drought, at least ensure that he is ranked in the top 32, and prepare for the World Championships.