On May 5, 2022, after the end of the Snooker World Championship, the Senatorial World Championship will continue in Crucible as usual, with a total of 24 participants in this Seniors' Tournament, of which 9 players such as Hendry, Dahdy and Holt are professional players this season, 8 players such as defending champion David Liri are directly promoted to the round of 16 as seeded players, and 16 players such as Walker and Bond compete for the remaining 8 round-16 seats. Hendry, who has been in the spotlight, will hit the first Senatorial Final, and the 43-year-old Holt is the youngest of the 24 players and the most powerful contender for the title of this Seniors Tournament.
Hendry, as the former lord of Crucible, has just witnessed O'Sullivan equal his seven-crown record in this venue, this time out of the Senatorial Tournament, is bound to want to win the cup again in Crucible, but Hendry's competitive state has not been very good, participated in so many Senatorial Tournaments, the best record is only the top 4, never reached the final. Judging from this signing table, the potential opponent in the quarter-finals is Dahdy, and the potential opponent in the semi-finals is the champion Holt or the defending champion Liri, so Hendry is still not optimistic about the elderly game this time.
And Holt as the youngest player here, whether from the physical strength, energy storage or the maintenance of competitive state, should be the most outstanding, from the paper strength point of view, almost no one can beat Holt in the signing table, plus Holt has signed up for the Q School professional selection tournament after 10 days, there is certainly no idleness in the near future, strengthen training to return to the profession, for Holt to take the senatorial game as a pad to warm up, it is also a good choice, so Holt should be the favorite to win the championship of this senatorial tournament.
Other players, 1986 World Champion Joe Johnson, 1991 World Champion John Parlot, 2011 Senatorial Champion Darren Morgan, 2017 Elder Champion Peter Lanes, 2019 and 2020 Elder Champion Jimmy White are all on the table. According to the venue, this year's Senatorial World Championship will be held from 5 to 8 May at the Crucible Theatre, so stay tuned.