On April 8, Beijing time, the 2024 Snooker Tour Championship came to an end, and Mark Williams defeated the world No. 1 O'Sullivan 10-5 to win the final showdown of the sum of the oldest in snooker history! With the competitive state of the "75 Three Masters", there is reason to believe that the record will be refreshed, although Higgins has stopped the semifinals five times this season and has not yet broken the final drought! You know, the "Mickey Old Man", who is only one year younger than them He didn't win the championship in the season, missed the semi-finals, and has been in a slump since winning the second ranking championship of his career last season!
Uncle Ma reached the finals for the third time this season, and it was the three top3 players who won the championship, including Trump, Allen, and O'Sullivan, and the three of them won 13 championships in the season, which can be described as full of gold, and Uncle Ma's expression was moving after the game, and tears almost burst out of his eyes, saying, "I didn't expect to win the championship at the age of 49!" This is the 26th ranking championship in Uncle Ma's career, ranking sixth in history! It is worth mentioning that in the past 20 days, Uncle Ma has traveled non-stop to three places, first the exhibition match of the Hong Kong Masters, China, and then to the finals of the Chinese Billiards Masters.
O'Sullivan missed the sixth championship of the season and still set a new high in a single season, but after deducting the 2021/2022 World Championship championship prize of 500,000 pounds, the ranking dropped four places to fifth!
Trump, the winner of the five-time ranking tournament in the season, suffered a round of 4-10 and a prize of 30,000 pounds, but deducted the 2022 World Championships runner-up bonus of 200,000 pounds, but the ranking remained unchanged and was still second!
Allen, the winner of the three crowns of the season, suffered nine consecutive whips in the semifinals, 5-10 Uncle Ma, with a bonus of 40,000 pounds, deducting the 30,000 pounds bonus of the 2022 World Championships, and jumped 2 places to the first place, reaching the top for the first time in his career!
New world champion Luca Bresel missed the tournament, but there were no bonus points deducted, and the ranking rose one place to return to third!
Defending champion Shaun Murphy missed out on the tournament and won his first Champions League (ranking tournament) this season, moving up two places to sixth in the rankings.
Ding Junhui was reversed under a 6-3 lead in this station, losing to Mark Allen 8-10, stopping in the quarterfinals with a prize of 30,000 pounds. However, the latest world ranking points are deducted from 20,000 pounds of bonus points, and the ranking remains unchanged at 7th. Will the next finale be able to achieve a grand slam? This is the ardent expectation of the "whole village"!
Although Mark Williams won the £150,000 championship prize, after deducting the £100,000 bonus points, he dropped two places to eighth.
Ali Carter was 10-8 Hawkins in the first round, but was defeated 2-10 by Allen, suffering seven consecutive whips and three consecutive whips. Despite deducting £15,000 in bonus points, the ranking remains unchanged at 9th.
Gary Wilson advanced 10-8 in two consecutive rounds, eliminated Selby and Zhang Anda successively, and 7-10 O'Sullivan in the semifinals, won the promotion of 40,000 pounds, and the ranking remained unchanged or 10th.
No. 3 seed Zhang Anda won one championship and two runners-up this season, lost to Trump and Allen in the two finals respectively, and suffered a round of travel in this station, with a prize of 30,000 pounds, deducting 10,000 pounds of bonus points, and the ranking remains unchanged or 11th. It is worth mentioning that this season, the Chinese snooker army has reached the finals six times, and five times they have been defeated by O'Sullivan, Trump, and Allen.
Kyren Wilson was absent from the tournament and deducted £30,000 in bonus points, leaving him unchanged at 12th.
Barry Hawkins 8-10 Carter stopped in the round of 12 with £20,000 in prize money and moved up two places to 13th.
Tom Forde 9-10 Uncle Ma, this is the only tiebreaker in this station, Fude suffered a single-stroke reversal under the 54-0 lead, and missed the opportunity to advance, he played eight single-stroke 50+, four single-stroke 100, of which three single-stroke 130+, compared to O'Sullivan, who played 9-shot single-stroke 50+, is not much better!
Milkins, who is only one year younger than the "75 Heroes", missed the tournament and rose one place to No. 15.
Ryan Day missed the tournament and moved up two places to No. 16.
Higgins fell out of the top 16, suffering a round of 7-10 and deducting £100,000 bonus points, dropping four places to 17th.
Si Jiahui, the first post-00 semi-finalist in the history of the World Championships, rose three places to No. 20, setting a new career high and becoming the third brother of China!
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