Although snooker has always been known as a niche sport in the United Kingdom, it is precisely because of its unique charm that it has attracted many fans and fans, and the reason why snooker has developed so rapidly is inseparable from the dedication of some non-British players.
After the 2022 Snooker Players Championship, Neil Robertson officially promoted the number of career ranking titles to 22 sixth places in the all-time list, and this achievement made him the most non-British player in snooker.
Neil Robertson, 40, is from Australia and, like Ding Junhui (14 ranking champions), is a leader and pioneer of snooker in his own country, and the two are some of the best foreign players in the sport today.
Recently, a British program "ITV" invited the "Emperor of Billiards" Stephen Hendry and McManus, two snooker celebrities as guests, the program talked about the representatives of snooker foreign players, Manus did not hesitate to give Robertson and Ding Junhui two answers, in his heart if there is no two snooker is far from being known to many foreign fans today.
Hendry also agreed with Manus's view, but Hendry believed that Ding Junhui's achievements were obviously lagging behind Robertson's, and Robertson was undoubtedly the best foreign player through the performance of the past two seasons, to which Manus retorted.
Manus said: Robertson is indeed very good, but everyone seems to forget what Ding Junhui has achieved, and remember that Ding Junhui won the first title when he beat you (Ding Junhui defeated Hendry at the 2005 China Open).
I'm not saying that Ding Junhui's achievements are superior to Robertson's, but most of the post-80s players have not even started when Ding Junhui succeeds. I have always believed that Ding Junhui's strength is still at the top of the world, but now he has entered a trough.
As Manus said, Ding Junhui also set off a snooker boom in China after defeating Hendry that year, and to this day he is still the best snooker player in The country, and Hendry subsequently gave his opinion in the show.
Hendry said: "None of us can deny that Ding Junhui is the best snooker player in China, he has extremely high talent, but he must now get rid of frequent business activities, only in this way can he continue to win, otherwise all that awaits him is successive defeats."
Robertson's number of championships that year was almost the same as Ding Junhui's, but now it has far surpassed him to become the foreign player who has won the most championships, Ding Junhui needs to change and need to adjust, of course, we all know that this takes time.
There is no doubt that Hendry's evaluation of Ding Junhui can be described as to the point, only by devoting the time wasted in commercial activities to training Ding Junhui can he have the opportunity to stage the return of the king, otherwise the championship famine will continue as always.