Just recently, the World Taiwan Federation announced that this year's Snooker World Championship will be held on July 31 at the Crucible Grand Theatre in Sheffield, the current seed players of the event have been determined, Chinese players Ding Junhui and Yan Bingtao will directly enter the main tournament, the remaining Chinese players will participate in the previous qualifiers to compete for the top 32 seats in the event, and the results of the World Championships will also determine the list of professional players for next season.
At present, there are many Chinese players who are facing the pressure of relegation, they need to achieve good results in the World Championships to keep their professional qualifications for next season, every year there will be new Chinese players to join, there will also be many people who lose professional qualifications, but there are only two exceptions, they lost the opportunity to play professional games because they were punished by the World Taiwan Federation for gambling, and it has been two years since the two left the professional arena.
Just in May 2018, the World Federation of Taiwan announced that Cao Yupeng and Yu Delu, two Chinese players suspected of manipulating the results of the game, will be suspended, a stone stirred up a thousand waves, this news was announced to trigger widespread concern from the outside world, the two obtained huge benefits through gambling, and finally the two were banned for 10 years and 2 and a half years respectively, and the Chinese Taiwan Association directly banned Delu for life, cutting off his road to play snooker.
Yu Delu once played 147 at the 2009 China Snooker Pro Tour, becoming the first player in a domestic tournament to score a perfect score, the highest ranking in the world to 42nd, once reaching the final four of the Scottish Open and losing to Fu Jiajun, and after being banned, he also made a living by playing. He has participated in many small Secondary 8 competitions, and in the near future he will participate in the Chinese Nine Ball King Championship against Dai Yong.
Compared with Delu, Cao Yupeng's performance is even better, he once reached the final of the Scottish Open and the Gibraltar Open, lost to Robertson and Ryan Day to get runner-up, and also blasted the first stroke of his career 147, when he once beat Trump, after being banned, Cao Yupeng mixed in the bar, experienced decadence for half a year, and when the economy was most difficult, he only had a few thousand yuan and even had the idea of taking his own life.
For a long time Cao Yupeng has not been in contact with snooker, do not want to recall that experience, in fact, can go to the United Kingdom to play professional Cao Yupeng has made a lot of efforts, because the game bonus is not high, he borrowed all his friends in order to play, but he never chose to give up at that time, when it was not really on, he chose to gamble, hoping to make himself last longer, and finally tasted the bitter fruit.
Originally to Cao Yupeng's ban period is 6 years, but because of the good attitude of admitting mistakes was shortened to 2 and a half years, just in these years he also thoroughly understood, began to enjoy life as much as possible, currently he is working as a coach in a club in Jiangsu, with a salary of several thousand yuan there are many opportunities to practice, just during this time he also found a new love, met his other half, Cao Yupeng believes that everything will be better.
At present, Cao Yupeng trains for 5 to 8 hours a day, basically returning to the state he was in the UK when he was playing, in his spare time he also joined a football team, and won a small game with his teammates, at that time everyone did not know that he was once a professional snooker player, and for a long time Cao Yupeng never told the story of himself and snooker.
Just recently Xiao Guodong also found Cao Yupeng, the two had a 9-innings and 5-win match, and finally Cao Yupeng won the game 5-2, the end of this year is the day to lift the ban, next year Cao Yupeng will officially return to participate in the professional qualification tournament, he is looking forward to meeting his former friends on the field.