After the snooker Turkish Masters, there are only two events left before this season's World Championships, the Gibraltar Tournament on March 24 and the Tour Championship on March 28. Tickets to the Tour Tournament are scarce compared to gibraltar tournaments, which allow multiple participants, with only the top eight players in the season allowed to participate. Given the $150,000 prize money for the Tour Championship, the competition for tickets is fierce.
Zhao Xintong tickets are worry-free
Judging from the single-season ranking after the end of turkey, Zhao Xintong, the double champion of the British Championship and the German Masters, topped the list with a prize money of 309,500 pounds, 52,500 more than robertson in second place. Since the prize money for the Gibraltar championship is only 50,000 pounds, this means that Zhao Xintong has firmly locked in the first place of the season even if he does not participate in the Gibraltar tournament, and the ticket to the Tour Championship has been completely worry-free.
The latest single season rankings
After Zhao Xintong, Melbourne Machine Robertson, Rocket O'Sullivan, Quasi-God Trump, Belgian Bullet Brechel, Uncle Williams, Little Steel Cannon Allen, and Wizard Higgins were ranked second to eighth. Of these, the least conclusive is the wizard, as he is only £14,500 away from the ninth-ranked Wafi. The prize money for gibraltar is distributed as follows: £2,000 in the second round, £3,000 in the third round, 4,000 in the fourth round, 5,000 in the quarterfinals, 6,000 in the final four, 20,000 in the runner-up and 50,000 in the first round. If Gibraltar Sevafi wins the title and the Wizards can't reach the final four, Waffy will surpass Higgins in single-season rankings and get valuable tickets to the Tour Championship. Of course, according to Wafi's strength, it was difficult for him to reach the top of Gibraltar, so the wizard was more secretly happy.
Yan Bingtao had no chance
After Wafi, the tenth-ranked Yan Bingtao was absent from the Gibraltar Tournament and had decided not to qualify for the tour, so it would not pose a threat to the wizards. Next, Wharton, Master Huo, Brother Potato, Brother Lu, Jimmy Robertson and European Masters champion Fan Zhengyi, ranked 11th to 16th, all have a prize gap of 50,000 pounds with the wizards, so they all have a chance to surpass the wizards, provided they win the Gibraltar tournament.
Fan Zheng was left with only one road in Mount Hua
Specific to Fan Zhengyi, there is currently a 41,000 prize gap with wizards. If he wants to get a ticket to the Tour Championship, there is only one way left for Mount Hua, that is, the Gibraltar Tournament, and he must also require the wizard not to advance to the final. Therefore, objective analysis, Fan Zhengyi is difficult to appear in the tour championship. Will this be the case? Wait and see.