As a number of you have already pointed out to me yesterday, with today’s publication of the draw for the inaugural World Open it is now looking highly probable that Australia’s Neil Robertson will become just the eighth player to be ranked number one since the introduction of the world rankings back in 1976… It has been on the cards for some time now with the absence of John Higgins from the start of this season but subject to some sort of appeal from Higgins to have his minimum points reinstated, he is now certain to fall behind Neil Robertson when the rankings are first revised later this year.
This means that barring something very strange happening, for example Neil losing early in upcoming events such as the Shanghai Masters and World Open, with say Ali Carter winning both, it is likely that Neil will become Australia’s first number one player.
Full reaction to the draw will follow from myself later today, together with updated provisional rankings to reflect the fact that John Higgins will not be participating in the event.
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edd
Twitter: wildey_1
says:
July 31, 2010 at 10:31 am (UTC 0 )
what i will say matt for continuity purposes if Robbo stays no 1 until the end of the season he would have been no 1 more times than Mark Williams so as i say for continuity purposes whoever ends up no 1 after the world championship should be acknowledged as the 8th no 1.
matt2745 says:
July 31, 2010 at 10:35 am (UTC 0 )
I see where you are coming from, like in tennis where they attach more weight to becoming the ‘year-end number one’ and even give out a trophy for it.
Still though, he will be the eighth different player to be officially ranked number one so I think that it is still fair to acknowledge him as such, though if we are going to compare people to the old system then it is more appropriate to look at the year-end ranking.
edd
Twitter: wildey_1
says:
July 31, 2010 at 10:49 am (UTC 0 )
in tennis what they count how many weeks someone been no 1 for so maybe there should be a list of how many ranking tournaments someone been no 1 for lol
the UK will be Robbos first Ranking tournament as World no 1.