After the end of the new season of the Northern Ireland Qualifiers, nearly a month of empty window, September 29 will usher in the opening of the British Open main tournament, to tell the truth, in the sports project, the qualification and the main tournament artificially separated, it is rare, do not know what the International Taiwan Federation is thinking, however, in this empty window period, the International Taiwan Federation also ingeniously organized the first World Mixed Doubles Invitational Tournament.
In this World Mixed Doubles Competition, the four female snooker players who are currently in the top four snooker world rankings are formed by the few snooker women, and the specific mixed teams are: O'Sullivan, who is currently ranked no. 1 in the world, evans, and Evans, the 12th women's World Championship champion Evans, Selby and Kenna, Robertson and Thailand's Wangharuthai, Trump and Hong Kong's Wu Anyi, the schedule is arranged in a group format, and one group is played by O'Sullivan against Trump. The other group, naturally played by Selby against Robertson, will be played on 24 and 25 September, with the final being played between the two groups with the best round-robin results in the group stage.
In addition to the Rockets, Trop, Selby and Robertson all interacted with their teammates and looked forward to the arrival of the game, while the Rockets were indifferent to the echo of Billiards Queen Evans, and some fans said that the Rockets were not gentle enough. However, just as the game was approaching, According to The Sportsman, the Rockets may have missed the inaugural World Mixed Doubles tournament due to injury, and its mixed pairing partner Evans regretted:
I'd be sad if he couldn't play, it's always great to play with him, it's an honor and a privilege. To be honest, I've always been in awe of him, and still is, he was so good that he was frightening, and if I hadn't played with him and he hadn't played, it would have been disappointing. Hopefully his arm will improve and he will be able to race, I'm already praying.
This season, O'Sullivan has only participated in one event, that is, the Champions League, where the championship prize money is pitifully small, but the Rockets are unfavorable, although the group stage 1 wins all three games to advance, but in the second stage of the group stage, it is very unexpected, losing two to the Chinese youngsters, including 1:3 loss to Pang Junxu, 0:3 to Yuan Sijun, and in the postponement of the European Masters qualifiers that start later, he missed the game on the grounds of excessive arm injury in fitness, and his qualifying seat was replaced by Luke Simmons.
The rocket started unfavorably in the new season and withdrew from the European Masters on the grounds of hand injury, so that the fans were very reluctant to eat, however, during the European Masters, according to public reports, the rocket appeared in the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Cardiff FIA Highway Grand Prix in the United Kingdom, at that time, the rocket did not look like an injury at all, and even made a cameo appearance in a live reporter report, and the president of the International Taiwan Federation was helpless against the wayward he was.
At present, according to the Rockets, he is expected to appear at the Hong Kong Masters from October 6 to 9, which means that the Rockets will miss the World Mixed Doubles Invitational and the British Open in September, and as for the qualification for the first World Mixed Doubles Invitational, it is expected to be replaced by Higgins, who is currently ranked No. 5 in the world.
What do you think of the Rockets' successive absences from the European Masters, the World Mixed Doubles Invitational, and the British Open?