Judd Trump will certainly function within the Tour Championship this season following his latest success in Turkey.
The Englishman triumphed within the inaugural Turkish Masters on Sunday with a 10-4 defeat of Matthew Selt in Antalya.
Incomes £100,000 for his exploits, Trump rises to fourth on the provisional one-year rankings checklist that’s based mostly on prize winnings from this marketing campaign.
Solely the highest eight in these standings will qualify for the profitable Tour Championship, and Trump is now assured to be concerned.
Only a fortnight in the past, the 32 year-old was effectively out of the working after a disappointing time period by his excessive requirements.
However March has been a superb month for Trump, first reaching the ultimate of the Welsh Open earlier than a stellar efficiency in Turkey that included a 147 break within the title-deciding bout.
Zhao Xintong, Neil Robertson, and Ronnie O’Sullivan are actually the one gamers who’ve earned greater than Trump this season from rating occasions.
The quartet will certainly be joined on the Venue Cymru in Llandudno by Scottish Open champion Luca Brecel and British Open winner Mark Williams.
Solely a really particular set of outcomes would deny Northern Eire Open champion Mark Allen a spot as effectively.
It implies that, with only one counting event remaining forward of the Tour Championship, there appears to be just one spot up for grabs.
John Higgins is at the moment the competitor in eighth place, with a £14,500 buffer between the Scot and Hossein Vafaei in ninth.
Nonetheless, with £50,000 on provide for the Gibraltar Open champion subsequent week, it implies that any participant all the best way right down to Fan Zhengyi in sixteenth might nonetheless break into competition.
Provisional One-12 months Rankings
| 1 | Zhao Xintong | £309,500 |
| 2 | Neil Robertson | £257,000 |
| 3 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | £232,500 |
| 4 | Judd Trump | £212,000 |
| 5 | Luca Brecel | £202,500 |
| 6 | Mark Williams | £166,500 |
| 7 | Mark Allen | £157,000 |
| 8 | John Higgins | £144,500 |
| — | — | — |
| 9 | Hossein Vafaei | £130,000 |
| 10 | Yan Bingtao | £125,500 |
| 11 | Ricky Walden | £125,500 |
| 12 | Barry Hawkins | £117,500 |
| 13 | David Gilbert | £116,500 |
| 14 | Kyren Wilson | £108,000 |
| 15 | Jimmy Robertson | £105,500 |
| 16 | Fan Zhengyi | £103,500 |
In the meantime, there wasn’t a lot change within the official world rankings after the conclusion of the Turkish Masters.
Trump remains to be the world quantity three however has considerably closed the hole on the high to Mark Selby and Ronnie O’Sullivan.
Matthew Selt’s glorious run noticed him shoot up 9 locations to quantity 22 on the rolling two-year standings.
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