At the 2022 British Open with snooker, the super unpopular was born, the world's No. 1 O'Sullivan was out, and the 1-4 defeat was to the 63rd dark horse player Alexander Ulsenbach, who made history and became the person with the highest winning rate among the more than 150 players who have played against O'Sullivan in history. 19 Chinese qualified for the main tournament, Ding Junhui, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao were the champions!
O'Sullivan's form has been very average since winning the World Championships, and for snooker GOAT, ordinary competitions, he has no interest.
Now that the British Open has extended the qualifying round, O'Sullivan has turned over, and against Alexander Ulsenbach, O'Sullivan has not had a single 50+ performance, only won the 3rd set, 1-4 defeat!
Moreover, Alexander Ulsenbach became O'Sullivan's nemesis, the two met 4 times, Alexander Ulsenbach achieved 3 wins and 1 loss (and 3 wins were ranked matches), with a winning rate of 75%! Of all the snooker players, Alexander Ulsenbach has the highest winning percentage of O'Sullivan!
In addition, Ding Junhui, Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao and others all advanced to the main competition, and there were a total of 19 Chinese players, namely Zhao Xintong, Ding Junhui, Zhang Jiankang, Lv Haotian, Yuan Sijun, Xu Si, Li Xing, Yan Bingtao, Lu Ning, Zhou Yuelong, Tian Pengfei, Chen Zifan, Chang Bingyu, Xiao Guodong, Cao Yupeng, Zhang Anda, Zhao Jianbo, Wu Anyi, Li Junwei!
Among them, Ding Junhui, Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao's goal is to be a champion, after all, Ding Junhui has not won the championship for a long time, he is eager to prove himself, career, Ding Junhui has won 14 ranking championships, and has reached the top of the world No. 1 twice! Now, Ding Junhui will hit the 15th ranking title of his career.
As for Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, they are both among the top 16 players in the world and have certain strength. In particular, Zhao Xintong, who won 2 important ranking championships last season, can be described as unlimited scenery.