As regular readers will have gathered by now, I do like to keep a track of the rankings, indeed I find the battles for the various different brackets fascinating. In reality however, are the rankings really that important? More to the point are they even fair? Having spoken to fans and players alike during the past few months, here are some thoughts on the system…
As noted in the comments section of my “Who will stay and who will go” article yesterday, the 72 players who will retain their main tour players as of right have now been decided, click below for confirmation.
Note that my Friday review will follow in due course but that my rankings pages are now up to date.
Throughout the week I will be updating this post with news on how the race for the top 64 and top 8 one-year places is progressing and confirming when players are safe or no longer able to survive…
Note that I will pin this post to the top of the homepage so keep an eye out below for my other new posts.
Following the completion of the China Open qualifiers this week there is just one more tournament to play this season for the vast majority of those players battling for their main tour places. With those World Championship qualifiers just weeks away I have attempted to summarise as best I can who looks safe, who looks doomed and who are the players right in there with a chance of survival. Click below for all the information…
A quick note to let you know that I have now updated the provisional rankings here and over the weekend hope to write on the battle for main tour places which will take place at the EISS later this month. Also I will update the one-year rankings page later this evening…
EDIT: Note that the one-year rankings are now updated and can be viewed here.
With just two events remaining this season it is now certain that either John Higgins or Ronnie O’Sullivan will finish up as world number one in the rankings. Following John’s latest triumph tonight I have had the calculator out and think I have worked out what John has to do to make absolutely certain of it…
A quick note to let you know that I have now updated my provisional rankings page after the Welsh Open qualifiers. Click below to read who the biggest movers and shakers have been…
Note that I have not yet updated my one-year rankings page, this will follow later in the day although my provisionals page does include each player’s one year total.
With just 96 places available, main tour nominations are like gold dust for the many amateur players in the game and already the race for 2010/11 is beginning to hot up. For those of you not so familiar with how those places can be won, here is an explanation…