Following the Welsh Open final week in Newport, there have been adjustments within the varied rankings.
Round this time of the season there may be all the time rather a lot occurring, and it may be tough to maintain up with the whole lot.
With lower than a month till the World Championship qualifiers, strain is ramping up within the completely different standings.
Race to the Crucible
The primary 11 positions within the prime 16 noticed no change after Joe Perry’s victory within the Welsh Open on Sunday.
Judd Trump stays third on the earth however is the sports activities betting Zambia favorite with Betway to reclaim the World Championship title this 12 months.
Additional down, nevertheless, there’s a race to see who will qualify routinely for the Crucible Theatre in April, with Stephen Maguire and Yan Bingtao notable names who dropped 4 spots every.
Maguire is now at no.16, however the Scot’s state of affairs is far more drastic when the the provisional Race to the Crucible standings are taken into consideration.
The previous world quantity two is about to plummet all the way in which all the way down to no.39, together with his earnings from profitable the Tour Championship quickly to be deducted from his tally.
Solely the highest 16 on the earth will qualify routinely for the World Championship in April, in fact, and Maguire was defeated within the Turkish Masters on Tuesday.
Yan has quickly slipped exterior the elite bracket into seventeenth spot however stands to regain sixteenth on account of Maguire’s impending woes.
Jack Lisowski, in the meantime, is again to no.14 within the rankings after an look within the semi-finals of the Welsh Open.
Ricky Walden, at present in 18th formally, is the participant greatest positioned to upset the order in time for the World Championship.
The Englishman was inside putting distance however has already misplaced within the first spherical of the Turkish Masters this week.
Race to the Tour Championship
Together with this week’s inaugural Turkish Masters, there are solely three rating occasions left earlier than the gamers head to Sheffield.
However a kind of is the eight-player Tour Championship, the celebrated closing leg of the Cazoo Collection.
Based mostly on performances from this season alone, Zhao Xintong, Neil Robertson, and Ronnie O’Sullivan at present cleared the path in these standings.
Luca Brecel, Mark Williams, and Mark Allen additionally look properly positioned to be among the many esteemed solid in Llandudno.
Walden held the final spot forward of John Higgins initially of this week however defeat to Sam Craigie in Turkey means he’s already slipped to ninth.
Hossein Vafaei has leapfrogged the Englishman into eighth spot with Yan Bingtao and Judd Trump amongst these in Antalya who will not be too far adrift as properly.
Certainly, with £100,000 on supply for the champion in Turkey, nearly any participant may nonetheless emerge with a spot among the many prime eight.
With odds of seven/2, Welsh Open runner-up Trump is the favorite with Betway to win the Turkish Masters.
Race for the European Collection
The Welsh Open was the seventh leg out of eight on the European Collection, with champion Joe Perry taking pictures up these explicit rankings.
The 47 year-old is now tenth on £77,000, with Higgins and Allen main the way in which on £98,000 apiece.
It’ll all come all the way down to the ultimate occasion on the Gibraltar Open later this month, the place the victor will obtain £50,000.
A bumper bonus price thrice that quantity will likely be awarded to the participant who manages to prime the European Collection total.
Race for Tour Survival
Presently of 12 months, there’s inevitably a frantic look in direction of the provisional end-of-season rankings too.
As all the time, the highest 64 on the earth after the conclusion of the World Championship will certainly preserve their Predominant Tour playing cards.
Vulnerable to relegation then are former rating occasion champions Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (64), Dominic Dale (66), Matthew Stevens (68), and Michael Holt (69).
The 4 highest earners from this season who’re ranked exterior the highest 64 will likely be given contemporary two-year playing cards.
That’s doubtlessly excellent news for former UK and Masters champion Stevens, who’s second behind Oliver Strains (67) in that regard.
Stevens reached the final 16 of the Welsh Open and faces countryman Mark Williams in Turkey on Wednesday, with match odds of two/1 at Betway.
Fergal O’Brien and Ashley Hugill are the opposite two gamers who’re at present in line to outlive through the one-year listing avenue.
Nonetheless, with massive prize cash on supply on the World Championship, rather a lot may and doubtless will change between now and Might.
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