On October 24, 2022, the Snooker Northern Ireland Open ended, and Mark . Allen 1-4 down to win eight consecutive games, and finally defeated China's Zhou Yuelong 9-4, seizing the opportunity at home to successfully defend the champion, which is also Mark . Allen won his seventh career ranking tournament title, reaching back-to-back finals this season, losing to Ryan at the British Open. After wearing it, he lifted the championship trophy in his hometown.
After the Northern Ireland Open, the WTF updated the latest edition of the rankings, Mark . Allen won the championship with a prize of 70,000 pounds, returning to the top ten in the world, runner-up Zhou Yuelong received a bonus of 35,000 pounds, the position has not changed, Zhao Xintong and Ding Junhui continue to decline, especially Ding Junhui, fell to 38th, if you can't play results, it is only a matter of time before you fall out of the top 50.
Mark. Allen successfully defended his title and qualified for the last title, with the top 16 players in the world rankings being O'Sullivan, Robertson, Trump, Selby, Higgins, and Mark Smith. Williams, Karen. Wilson, Xintong Zhao, Mark. Allen, Hawkins, Luca. Brecel, Lisowski, Sean. Murphy, Bingham, Yan Bingtao, Ryan. Wear.
O'Sullivan continues to lead, Robertson returns to second, Zhao Xintong falls to eighth, 75 Sanjie firmly ranks in the world's top ten, the post-80s five tigers only Ding Junhui fell behind, and the other four only Shaun. Murphy is not in the top ten, but there is no problem in ensuring the seed seat, Yan Bingtao has averaged results during this period and continues to maintain the status quo, although Zhou Yuelong won the runner-up, but his bonus points are behind and did not enter the top 20.
Chinese players are updated with Zhou Yuelong 21st, Lu Ning 29th, Xiao Guodong 34th, Lv Haotian 36th, Fan Zhengyi 37th, Ding Junhui 38th, Li Xing 40th, Liang Wenbo 45th, Pang Junxu 48th, Tian Pengfei 56th, Cao Yupeng 63rd, Yuan Sijun 67th, Wu Yize 69th, Zhang Anda 70th, Xu Si 73rd, Chang Bingyu 75th.
Zhang Health 76th, Lei Peifan 78th, Si Jiahui 86th, Chen Zifan 92nd, Li Junwei 97th, Wu Anyi 101st, Fu Jiajun 103rd, Bai Langning 120th, Peng Yisong 121st, Northern Ireland Open prize money is not high, so the entire ranking list has not changed much, the highlight is the British Championship, when Zhao Xintong as the top seed, will usher in the battle to defend the title.
The English Open will play part of the qualifying round tomorrow, but the appearance of the seeded players has been postponed to the main event, and the four ranking tournaments of the new season are over, Zhou Yuelong and Lu Ning are runners-up, the overall performance is better than expected, there is still a chance to fight for it, and I also look forward to the performance of Chinese players.