Recently, the International Taiwan Federation has released the latest world rankings, and O'Sullivan, who is ranked first in the world at an advanced age, has finally been pulled off the altar and slipped to 4th place. Another "Big Devil" level superstar Selby returned to the world's first throne, the British genius Trump, who has many fans, ranked 3rd, and higgins, Murphy and other top stars have entered the top 10. Surprisingly, the ranking of Chinese teenager Zhao Xintong soared to 6th, but it was Ding Junhui, the former Chinese snooker "facade", whose ranking fell further and has fallen out of the top 30.
Born in December 1975, O'Sullivan is 46 years old this year, and even among the snooker players who need more experience and experience, not many people can maintain their peak status at this age. In the past, O'Sullivan has been firmly at the top of the world, but due to the impact of the epidemic, coupled with the fact that O'Sullivan was deducted from the world championship points 2 years ago, he temporarily lost the top position. The World Snooker Championships are about to begin, and O'Sullivan needs to achieve very good results before he has a chance to return to world number one. In addition, if O'Sullivan wins this World Championship, he will equal the record of 7 crowns set by Hendry.
The 38-year-old Selby, also the world snooker master, although his personal achievements are not as brilliant as O'Sullivan's, but in recent years, he has also maintained quite good form, and this return to the world number one is also a manifestation of his true strength. Robertson, Trump, Higgins and others are all superstars familiar to fans, ranking 2nd, 3rd and 5th respectively. Wilson, Williams, Murphy and Hawkins are ranked 7th to 10th.
Chinese teenager Zhao Xintong grew up rapidly and ranked 6th in the world, but everyone knows that he only performed well during this time, winning the British Championship and the German Masters championship consecutively, if you talk about comprehensive strength, he is definitely not as good as other top players. However, Zhao Xintong's biggest advantage is his young age, born in 1997, and he just spent his 25th birthday on the 3rd. For Zhao Xintong at this stage, the purpose of participating in the competition is to accumulate experience, exercise mentality, and improve the ability to cope with setbacks, if you can get a few more championships, of course, it is better. In addition to Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao, a famous Chinese player, also entered the TOP15, ranking exactly 15th.
Ding Junhui ranked 34th, far from the peak period, but this is also expected. As his fame grew, Ding Junhui became depressed in recent years, and he always looked lazy when playing games, and veterans such as O'Sullivan repeatedly criticized ding Junhui for making money too easily and had lost motivation. For his own situation, Ding Junhui does not seem to be very concerned, this time the World Championships, he once again released bold words, saying that he wants to win the championship and achieve the great cause of the Grand Slam, but from past experience, most of them are just talk. What's more, Ding Junhui still needs to pass the qualifiers before he has the opportunity to step onto the main stage.