The latest news on March 22, 2022, Beijing time, the British media said that although the seven-time champion of the World Championship Stephen Hendry has regained his form and confidence with the help of Feeney, due to his current poor performance on the Tour, Hendry already has the idea of retiring again. Although Hendry has always claimed that he wants to enjoy the game, the king of Crucible, who has always been eager to win, still has a hard time letting go of his obsession with winning or losing. If Hendry doesn't perform better at the next World Championships, he will most likely announce his retirement again. After all, when he loses too many games, his heart is bound to suffer.
Hendry had already had the idea of retiring again
While Hendry has always aspired to get good results on the World Snooker Tour, his best result over the past year or so has only been in the round of 64. Although he had won Jimmy White before, he lost to the Chinese youngster in the following games. For more than a year on his comeback, Hendry has been the one to the setbacks. He can't adapt to today's fierce competitive environment, let alone compete with the vast majority of current players. Not only that, hendry is currently playing amateur players are already very difficult. It has to be said that the change of times and the performance of staying away from snooker for many years have made Hendry's competitiveness worse and worse.
Hendry's frequent defeats are suffering internally
Hendry publicly stated on his comeback last year that he was trying to enjoy snooker, and he gradually found good form after working with Feeney. If he can play well in the game, then he will improve his goals in his future work. But for now, Hendry doesn't seem to have found a way to make himself better. Aside from a one-shot break, Hendry's comeback doesn't have much value. He doesn't have White's mentality of enjoying snooker, nor does he really have the competitive form and strength to win games. It turns out that Hendry is no longer the king he once was, and his time has long been over. He's only back because he doesn't want to concede defeat yet, he wants his record to be kept forever. So he was in an awkward position in the game, neither able to enjoy the game nor experience the joy of victory. The situation was really bad for him, and he had a hard time overcoming it.
The World Championships could be a good time to retire again
For Hendry, the World Championships have always been the most important thing in his heart. However, his energy, physical strength and competitive status prevented him from being at a very high level. Losing is a common occurrence for Hendry at the moment, and maybe the occasional stroke of luck can win a game, but the next game is likely to end in a fiasco. It is clear that such a performance is difficult for Hendry to accept. If he continues to perform like this in the qualifying rounds of the World Championships, it will be a very heavy blow for Hendry. When Hendry lost confidence, he simply couldn't keep playing on the Tour. He wasn't White, his love for snooker wasn't that deep, he was a utilitarian in the field of snooker, and winning or losing was very important to him. If he can't even do this, his game will be completely meaningless. That's why some media said that Hendry is likely to announce his retirement again after the World Championships, but for now, Hendry has not responded positively to this matter. But whatever Hendry's ultimate choice, we will remember that he created brilliance in snooker.