Judd Trump believes that most young players simply do not put enough effort into the high level of snooker, and Yan Bingtao is an exception, he believes that Yan Bingtao will "take over" the sport of snooker.
文/phil haigh，《metro》
Of the top 32 players in the world rankings, only four are under the age of 30: Yan Bingtao, Karen Wilson, Zhou Yuelong and Lu Ning, and Yan Bingtao is the youngest of the four.
After winning the Masters earlier this year, Yan Bingtao showed the audience his great potential. Of course, as early as 2019, Yan Bingtao, who was only 19 years old, won the Riga Masters championship, which has said everything.
Yan Bingtao, 21, is already a mature top player, reaching the semi-finals of the Northern Ireland Open last month and beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-3 in the quarter-finals.
Trump believes that Yan Bingtao is expected to become the leader of the new generation of players, and in contrast to Yan Bingtao, many other young players have not invested enough time in snooker.
Trump is not only one of the most talented players in snooker, he is also one of the hardest working. However, in Trump's eyes, the young players did not have the same enthusiasm for snooker as he did, nor did they replicate his ambitions to succeed.
Trump said: "I think in terms of my perception, the players around me who are lower in the ranking and younger than me, they definitely don't practice as hard as I do. Generally speaking, it is three days of fishing and two days of drying nets, and I will never do this. ”
Trump certainly sympathizes with the plight of young players, who have faced many changes around him growing up, and the world now has more temptations for young people.
"The environment is becoming more and more difficult to focus on, and there are a lot of changes compared to when I was growing up. At that time, you only had games like Metal Gear Solid in your phone, and it wouldn't be as easy to indulge in online games today. ”
"There's a lot of stuff now, social media like that, and everybody wants to keep looking at whether other people are giving them a thumbs up for something they've shared."
"For me, although I can't know the lives of others, I must say that Yan Bingtao really won't be addicted to the entertainment activities of young people."
"Yan Bingtao has the best shot action and seems to have the determination to win. I think if he can keep it going, he'll probably be the leader of the younger generation. ”
"The same is true of Zhao Xintong, if he can learn from Yan Bingtao the determination to win, I hope to see him do better." Zhao Xintong's performance is also amazing, his ball is very good. ”