On April 28, 2022, Beijing time, the snooker World Championship decided the final four, mark Williams, Trump, Higgins, O'Sullivan will attack the championship. China's Yan Bingtao stopped in the quarterfinals, although it is regrettable, but the future can be expected. After the release of the final four, the world ranking has also changed, although Selby is temporarily ranked first, but he has already been out, I am afraid it is difficult to hold the world's first throne.
After 12 matchdays of fierce competition, the final four of this World Championship were released, with Mark Williams playing Trump in the first half and Higgins against O'Sullivan in the second half. Then there's the battle for the world championship, which is also the battle for world number one of the year.
On the real-time ranking list, Trump is 2nd, O'Sullivan is 4th, Higgins is 5th, mark Williams is 7th, because the other players have ended the season, so the next world ranking will only change a small range, that is, the current world top 7 will have some changes, and it will be clearer after the semi-finals.
Selby is temporarily number one, but he is out early and is currently lying flat, and only when Mark Williams wins the title, Selby is likely to hold the world number one position. Trump and O'Sullivan are in a similar situation, as long as they win the championship is the world number one. Higgins' return to world number one is more demanding, and in addition to winning the title, it is also expected that Trump will not qualify for the semi-finals.
To put it simply, in addition to Selby, there are 3 people who can actively compete for world number one through the game, that is, Trump, O'Sullivan, higgins. In addition, except for Zhao Xintong, the ranking of other seeded players will not change. Zhao Xintong participated in the World Championships as the No. 7 seed and has now risen to 6th place. Yan Bingtao competed in the World Championships as the No. 16 seed, and after reaching the quarterfinals, he rose to 15th place.
In a short period of time, Zhao Xintong will not fall out of the top 16, Yan Bingtao's lead is not too big, and he will continue to work hard at the beginning of next season to continue to improve the world rankings, after all, the British Championship has completed the restructuring, and will follow the world championship, and the seed seat is particularly precious.
Ding Junhui fell out of the top 30, temporarily in 32nd place, he is still close to 80,000 pounds away from the top 16, want to return to the top 16 in a short period of time, early next season to win a ranking championship is the most direct way. Just said, the British Championship will also protect the seeded players, if Ding Junhui can not return to the top 16, the British Championship will also play the qualification round, compared to the World Championship, the British Championship qualification competition is more variable, the difficulty of the championship is naturally greatly improved! In addition, Zhou Yuelong also has the opportunity to impact the top 16, and indeed it is time to break through!