England's Michael Holt is in a more difficult and embarrassing situation in his career, and now ranked 69th in the world, if his competitive status does not improve, he may lose the qualification for the snooker Tour. Michael Holt said: "It was a bit brutal, but I still accepted it, even if I went to play Qchool, I still insisted. ”
Michael Holt, who switched to the professional snooker race in 1996, is now a full veteran. At the age of 43, he is now ranked 69th in the world, and until the end of the season, Holt has only two tournaments to play, one at the Gibraltar Open and the other at the World Championships. To retain the tour qualification, Holt must play well in both races.
In an interview, Holt confessed: "To be honest, it was a special experience, it was not beautiful. But it's also strange that in recent seasons, I feel like I've played well, especially in normal training, but in the end it's brutal, and I've lost. I also made a lot of mistakes in the game, and obviously, I was punished for failing. ”
"Now I have to face this up, obviously, unless you're a winning robot, you have to plan for these things, and I have a family, so I'm going to try to think about what to do next." Perhaps it is precisely because I think too much every day and carry too much that I do not play a wonderful game and achieve good results. ”
Born in 1978, Holt is only 3 years younger than Roño Sullivan, and in his 25-year career Holt has so far won only one ranking title – beating Zhou Yuelong in the 2020 single-time limited time tournament to win the title. And this was Also Holt's brightest moment. Holt athletics have not been in good shape this season, either stopping qualifying or being eliminated in the first or second round.
Holt wasn't upset, saying, "Even if I lose my qualifying for the Tour, I'd love to play Qchool to try to qualify for two years." In fact, my career has been constantly working hard, I am not afraid of any players when I play, and I feel more like I am fighting with myself. At the just-concluded Turkish Masters, Holt was swept out 5-0 by John Higgins in the second round.
"I've been struggling, but I've never been depressed about it because I've been working hard and there will be no regrets when I try. Think about Fan Zhengyi, and then look at Joe Perry, one of them won the European Masters, the other won the Welsh Open, you never know what will happen in the game, as long as you can do it hard and persevere. ”
According to the schedule, Holt's next match is the Gibraltar Open, and the opponent in the first round, Astri, expects Holt to achieve good results and continue his snooker career.