With the qualification rounds kicking off, the annual snooker feast, the Crucible World Championships, kicks off on 16 April. The game did not start, and the loss came first. A few days ago, the bookmaker has announced the latest odds for winning the World Championships, making predictions for the prospects of this World Championship.
Radish is the favourite to win the championship
Neil Robertson, who has just been crowned in the Tour Championship, came out on top with odds of 1:2.5, making him the biggest favourite to win the title. And Ding Junhui, who fell out of the top thirty and needs to start from the qualifiers, is still optimistic about the bookmaker, ranking tenth in the odds list. What is even happier is that among the top ten players in the odds of winning the championship, Chinese players occupy three. Therefore, such a result also indicates that the Chinese players in this year's World Championships have a play.
Robertson is seen as a title-winning hit inextricably linked to his consistent performance this season. Radish earned three ranking titles, took the Coral Cup grand prize, and ranked first in a single season, beating O'Sullivan and Higgins in a row. All of this adds a lot of weight to its World Championship winning.
In addition to its own excellent performance, the main competitors of the radish are slightly sluggish. Defending champion Selby is plagued by illness and has nothing this season; Trump is in a slump, only the Turkish Masters have a flash; the rocket is also difficult to appear; the wizard is five consecutive years to catch up with the rocket; the once beautiful teenager Ding Junhui is also caught in the championship drought. Such a reality also determines that no one can match the radish, and the "Australian Artillery" must be the first favorite to win the championship.
Ding Junhui and O'Sullivan
After Robertson, in second place is Trump, whose odds for winning the title are 1:5. Next, the Rockets, who have been waiting for the 39th crown, are in third place 1:6, and the Joker brother who aims to defend his title is in fourth place 1:7. The Wizard, who lost to Turnip in the Tour Tournament, finished fifth 1:10.
After the top five players with the highest demand for the title, China's hope star Zhao Xintong is sixth with 1:16 odds of winning the title. Obviously, Zhao Xintong's performance in winning the British Championship and the German Masters championship this season has conquered the bookmaker. Then again, if Zhao Xintong changes the stubborn disease of blindly attacking and pays attention to improving his defensive ability, he does have the strength to win the championship.
The player who followed Zhao Xintong was Brother Wilson, who was seventh at odds of 17. Another rising star in China, Yan Bingtao, ranked eighth at odds of 1:22, while Xiaogang Cannon Allen ranked ninth with 1:28 odds of winning the championship.
Ding Junhui ranked tenth
The most unexpected was Ding Junhui, a Chinese brother who ranked after Alan. Ding Junhui, who has retreated to 34th in the world rankings, overwhelmed master Ma, second brother Bingham, magician Murphy and Hawkins, and ranked tenth at 1:32. With Ding Junhui entering the top ten, among the top ten hot players who won the world championship this year, there are as many as 3 Chinese players, which can not but be said to be a good sign.
Ding Junhui's odds for winning the championship are so high, which is directly related to his technical skills, past achievements, and on-the-spot experience. To tell the truth, although Ding Junhui's record in the past two years has not been good, his positioning, distance and defensive skills are still world-class. It is only because of psychological quality and other reasons, resulting in an increase in simple mistakes, that better results have not been played. If Ding Junhui can regain his peak, the world championship is not a dream. Let's look forward to it!