Snooker Northern Ireland Open came to an end, the World Taiwan Federation officially announced the latest world rankings for this stage. However, due to the lack of new champion players, the rankings of the top 16 players in the world have not changed much overall.
Currently top16 can be divided into three levels. Ronnie O'Sullivan is undoubtedly the only one level with the advantage of points. The following Neil Robertson , Judd Trump , and Mark Selby are in the second level. The remaining top16 players are too far from the points gap with the top four players in the world and will not pose a threat in the short term because they are in the third level.
Of course, the top 16 players in the world also include two Chinese young players, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao . Among them, Zhao Xintong is currently in the eighth place in the world, and the ranking is stable. Although Yan Bingtao is in the fifteenth place in the world, considering the points situation, this position is still closely followed by Walton and McGill behind him.
However, Zhao Xintong's performance in the new season is obviously not consistent with his ranking. His super accuracy and confident attitude when he won the championship last season have fluctuated now. He has not achieved outstanding results so far this season, and his poor performance has also disappointed many fans.
Not only domestic fans, including Zhao Xintong, are very aware of their weak defensive flaws in their skills, but their ability to defend the defensive end has not improved through offseason training. Instead, they also lost the game due to blind attacks many times. Frankly speaking, there is nothing wrong with learning with O'Sullivan , but they still have to prescribe the right medicine according to their own situation. Perhaps you can consider seeking help from Higgins .
Although Yan Bingtao's position in the top 16 in the world is not very stable, in terms of performance, he is undoubtedly one of the most stable players in the Chinese Snooker Army. While his overly calm playing style has been questioned by the outside world, we have to admit that Yan Bingtao is definitely the most promising domestic player in the game.
, and another young player , Zhou Yuelong achieved the runner-up result in the just-concluded Northern Ireland Open. Although the ranking failed to advance into the top 16 in the world, it is not difficult for fans who watched Zhou Yuelong's performance this season to find that this once "glass-hearted" player is slowly getting rid of his inner demons, and his strength is also improving. Perhaps his first championship in his career will not be too far away.
The last "No. 1" that attracted the most attention from domestic fans and the most helpless domestic fans Ding Junhui This season's ranking has dropped to the 38th place in the world. In fact, Ding Junhui's state in the new season has recovered compared to the previous two years and has tried his best in the game, but he has not been able to achieve the results he deserves. Next, the ranking of bonus points in the first two seasons may continue to decline.
Most fans were very sad to see Ding Junhui's current situation. Many fans even dared not watch Ding Junhui play at all. No one expected that the former world number one would gradually fall out of the ranks of top players. I wonder if Ding Junhui, who is 35 years old, can still find his original intention of playing basketball and return to the peak to stage a true return of the king.
