Registration for the 2022 World Snooker Championship qualifiers has begun, but so far no news has been heard from 53-time 7-time world champion Steven Hendry. Both fans and snooker commentators are questioning the question: What is Stephen Hendry doing and where will his career go?
Stephen Hendry is known to have retired in 2012 and returned to the Snooker Tour in 2020. Many fans were expecting Hendry, who was returning to the tournament, to achieve a little more, but the result backfired. Moving from 1985 to the pro race, Stephen Hendry won 71 Tour titles, including 36 ranking titles and 6 Masters titles.
In this regard, like Hendry, 64-year-old 6-time World Champion Steve Davis admitted in an interview: "For Hendry's performance, this is not surprising, his comeback was encouraging at first, but now I think his own excitement and confidence have been halved." Because it's hard, you put in a lot of time and effort, but in the end it's an unrequited effort. ”
"I think even if Stephen trains for 8 hours a day, the end result will still be cruel. Although you may play well in training, when you get to the field, it's completely different. "This season, the last time we saw Hendry on the field was in the first round of the British Championship, against a Thai brother Ta chaiya, the result of Hendry 1-6 defeat, the whole game only scored 65 points, including a clean sheet, Tachaia played a stunning 5 to break 2 100 50 plus.
After the tournament, Hendry refused four consecutive tournaments, including the Single Time Limit, the Welsh Open, the Turkish Masters and the Gibraltar Open. It is understood that Hendry has hardly trained in the arena recently, only participated in the Senior World Championships held in January, and lost to Kendahdi in the second round and had no chance to continue the game.
Steve Davis continued: "Man, it's okay not to be old, the idea of a comeback is good, and if you keep trying and there's no return, it's intimidating and regrettable." Hendry, who is now ranked 107th in the world, can only achieve amazing results at the World Championships if he wants to keep his qualification for the Tour.
There is no doubt that this is a lot of pressure for Hendry. Can Hendry continue his snooker career? It is not known that if Hendry does not participate in this World Championship, it is believed that the Snooker Association will consider giving him another two years of wild card qualification, but it is also unknown whether Hendry himself will accept it at that time.