On February 25, the 2022 Snooker European Masters decided the top 8 seats, and Liang Wenbo and Fan Zhengyi of the Chinese Legion performed well, successively defeating many strong opponents and occupying two seats. At the same time, the provisional world ranking of world snooker has also changed, and Liang Wenbo has risen to 30th with a prize money of at least 11,000 pounds from the top 8 of the European Masters, surpassing Ding Junhui, who has dropped to 32nd. Since there are still Dort and Fan Zhengyi behind them, they are expected to surpass Ding Junhui, so Ding Junhui's latest world ranking after the European Masters will once again refresh the career low.
As an important event in the European Series, the European Masters prize money is as high as 80,000 pounds, but as early as last year's registration, Ding Junhui forgot to register, resulting in the failure to participate, so he lost the opportunity to earn points. In addition, after Ding Junhui's British Championships, the world ranking has fallen sharply, from 26th at the beginning to 31st today. And Ding Junhui has not been able to achieve good results in recent competitions, so he does not have enough points to improve his ranking, so he can only helplessly watch his ranking continue to decline.
As the deputy director of the player committee of the Chinese snooker Brigade British Legion, Liang Wenbo, who is the same age as Ding Junhui, has achieved good results earlier, once ranking in the top 16 in the world, but in recent years, there have been ups and downs, and the poor ranking has continued to decline, and he has been mixed in the middle of the midstream position for many years. In the middle of this season, Liang Wenbo's state has rebounded, not only reaching the final four of the single-time limited time and Champions League winners' group, but also in good shape this time, having reached the top 8 of the European Masters and is expected to continue to impact good results. But in the past 16 years, Liang Wenbo's world ranking has been after Ding Junhui, so this time he can surpass Ding Junhui, which is also a big breakthrough. Of course, as the "twin stars" of China's snooker, both are facing a downturn and need to get out of the trough as soon as possible and return to the peak.
For Ding Junhui, this season is the worst season of his career, the world ranking continues to decline, and the results of the competition are not good. Although there is no crisis of relegation, if you can't break through the achievements as soon as possible and get out of the trough, I am afraid that you will fall into an infinite vicious circle. Now that his provisional world ranking has fallen to 32nd, if Dort behind him reaches the final of the European Masters, then he will surpass him; if the young fan Zhengyi can continue to be upset, and the last black finally wins the European Masters championship, then the ranking will also surpass Ding Junhui. Therefore, in the latest world ranking after the end of the European Masters, Ding Junhui will be between 32nd and 34th, which is a new career low.