On April 23, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championships are in full swing in the United Kingdom. With the winner Trump beating Iran's famous Wafi by a score of 10-4, the top 16 list for the 2022 World Snooker Championships was also created. In the end, only Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao successfully advanced to the round of 16, and Ding Junhui, a brother of Chinese billiards, was also eliminated by the opponent in the first round and missed the round of 16 at the World Championships.
Not long ago, the Snooker World Championships officially announced the list of top winners of this tournament, which is ranked according to the recent results of the players and the relationship between each other. In this list, the Rockets O'Sullivan still lived up to expectations, dominating the top position, followed by championship favourites Robertson and Trump. However, what is surprising is that Zhao Xintong, a Chinese player who once ranked 6th in the world, fell to the second-to-last place in this list. You know, after Ding Junhui was out, Zhao Xintong has always been the number one seed player in the mainland, and has also been placed high hopes on the mainland billiards industry, but the current ranking situation will inevitably cause fans to have a psychological gap.
After talking about the championship rankings, let's talk about the current promotion situation of Chinese players impacting the top 8. Zhao Xintong's current knockout opponent is Selby, and zhao Xintong is undoubtedly a favored side before the match, because he has won two consecutive ranking tournaments this season. However, the 41-year-old Selby was also ranked second in the world at his peak, and was supposed to be a strong dialogue between two generations of players, but Zhao Xintong followed in the footsteps of Ding Junhui, who missed good games continuously in the lead, and is currently 5-11 behind, forced by the opponent but on the edge of the cliff.
Another point is gratifying that Yan Bingtao, another post-00s young player in the mainland, is still ranked high on the winning list of this World Championship. Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao were divided into two halves at 16 into 8, and they thought that the two could stand out and meet in the later schedule, but it should be difficult to see in the current game situation. Compared with Zhao Xintong, whose life is hanging on the line, we can only pin our hopes on Yan Bingtao, expecting him to go further in future games.