With the Welsh Open coming to an end, Snooker's latest world rankings are also out. Compared with the previous European Masters, the top 11 positions have not changed, China's Yan Bingtao fell out of the top 16, and Ding Junhui, who advanced to the second round of the Wales Competition, moved forward. Welsh-winning Joe Perry rose 19 places.
Top 17 list
Selby of the Welsh round, although withholding £12,000 in prize money, led second-placed O'Sullivan by £31,000 and continued to hold the top spot. Trump, Robertson, Brother Lu, The Witcher, Zhao Xintong, Uncle Ma, Hawkins, Murphy and Allen are ranked 3 to 11th, with no change in the rankings.
In the Welsh final, 48-year-old veteran Joe Perry played a wave of four whips in the second stage, and finally won 9-5 against Trump, who was favored before the match. Joe, who won the championship, rose sharply from 42nd to 23rd place because of the £70,000 prize money.
Yan Bingtao fell out of the top 16
Although China's Yan Bingtao reached the second round of the Welsh Tournament, he still had to deduct 46,000 pounds after the prize money was offset, and the ranking dropped from the previous 13th place to 17th, which was also the first time that Yan Bingtao withdrew from the top 16 after winning the Masters. In the next competition, if Yan Bingtao does not return to the top 16, this year's World Championships will need to start from the qualifiers.
Ding
The Chinese brother Ding Junhui, who fans are most concerned about, like Yan Bingtao, is stopped in the second round of Wales, but due to the small deduction of prize money, the ranking has been the previous time, from 33rd to 32nd. Judging from the current situation, if Ding Junhui wants to return to the top 16 before the World Championships and avoid the qualification rounds, he must win a sub-station championship before the World Championships. At the same time, we must also hope that some of the top 16 players will fall sharply. It should be said that the possibility of this happening is very small, and the Ding Junhui World Championship is almost certain from the qualification round.