On April 16, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship entered the first match day of the main tournament, and the big battle was on the verge of breaking out. It's a battle for the world championship and a battle for world number one of the year. According to the analysis of the World Taiwan Federation, 7 players have the opportunity to impact the world first, including the Chinese player Zhao Xintong, but he is very difficult to impact the world first, he must win the championship, but also expect the opponent to get out early.
Before the start of the main game, the World Taiwan Federation has completed the ranking update work, after deducting the relevant points, Selby, Neil Robertson, Trump ranked in the top three, and the post-80s big three had a huge lead and formed the first group. Compared with other players, the three are more likely to become the year-end world number one, in short, as long as any one of the three wins the championship will become the world number one, and the player who leaves the game early will lose the initiative.
Judging from the results of this season, Neil Robertson is the best form and is the favorite to win the championship, Selby has been out of the game for a long time, the state is a mystery, and Trump's competitive state is not as good as before. Judging from the signing table, Selby and Trump are in the top half, and if they pass the first round, it may be easier after that. Neil Robertson is in the bottom half and can easily pass the first two rounds if he plays normally, but then he will encounter great challenges.
In addition to the post-80s big three, there are four players who have the opportunity to become the world number one after this World Championship, that is, O'Sullivan, Higgins, Zhao Xintong, and Karen Wilson. They want to become the world's first, the premise is only one, that is, to win the championship, in addition to the post-80s big three to make mistakes.
Here we will no longer analyze the conditions under which O'Sullivan, Higgins and Karen Wilson became the world number one, but simply talk about Zhao Xintong. After the ranking update, Zhao Xintong is in sixth place, and if he wants to become the world's first, he must win the championship, in addition, he also needs to make mistakes by the opponents in front of him. A simple comparison between Zhao Xintong and Selby, after the ranking update, Zhao Xintong is behind Selby by 480,000 pounds, so Zhao Xintong needs to win the championship and also need Selby to be out of the first round.
Of course, there is also the possibility of Selby's round trip, after all, his mental state is relatively average, the record this season is sluggish, and his opponent Jamie Jones is strong. However, zhao xintong's difficulty in impacting the world's first place is indeed too great, and once Selby passes the first round, Zhao Xintong has no hope.
In fact, for the current Zhao Xintong, it is enough to rank in the top 16, as for the world's first, of course, it takes a process, continue to achieve good results, sooner or later will climb to the throne of the world's first. This is the first time that Zhao Xintong has played in the World Championships as a seeded player, making as few mistakes as possible, winning a few more games and even impacting the championship, which is enough!