Ronnie O'Sullivan's 37 consecutive wins in the 1st round of tournaments for top 8-16 players.
It's almost 14 years without 1st-round defeat in such events from January 2011 to November 2024. He had 14 losses in 1R in other events during the same period.
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Comparison of break building stats of top 64 players in the 2014/15 and 2019/20 one year ranking lists.
Table 1 - 2014/15 one year ranking list
Table 2 - 2019/20 one year ranking list
Table 3 - comparison of the 2014/15 and 2019/20 one year ranking lists
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@TheSportsman@nr147 @senornunes @WeAreWST@Livesnooker It's not enough just to be a great player to win the Worlds. I think even more important is what kind of sportsman you are and how strong you are mentally π€
@GaryOnCue Yes, he is 8 years younger and has 24 more triple crown events to win much more titles in his 38-39. But it's Neil's time (since the 2020 UK final). UK, Masters, Tour Championship, English Open, Players Championship, it's 2 TC events and 2 with really big winner's prize.
N. Robertson and R. O'Sullivan at World Grand Prix, Players Championship and Tour Championship.
N.Robertson R.O'Sullivan
WGP 2 finals 1 title 2 finals 2 titles
PC 4 finals 1 title 3 finals 2 titles
TC 2 finals 1 title 2 finals 1 title
My top 10 underachieved players in the current tour. And yours?
1. Marco Fu
2. Matthew Stevens
3. Ding Junhui
4. Stephen Maguire
5. Anthony Hamilton
6. Jack Lisowski
7. Joe Perry
8. Anthony McGill
9. Graeme Dott
10. Zhou Yuelong
Zhao Xintong is not Chinese Ronnie O'Sullivan. He is Chinese Judd Trump
Both
-are left-handed
-started winning big titles in their 6th pro season
-have very good long potting skills
-have the same average shot time (19-21 seconds)
-And more that is common to Judd,Zhao and Ronnie
Zhao Xintong in the current season (big events).
6 defeats in the 1st round
British Open (1/64)
Northern Ireland Open (1/64)
Scottish Open (1/64)
European Masters (1/64)
World Grand Prix (1/16)
Masters (1/8)
2 titles
UK Championship
German Masters
And English Open 3rd round
Remember Ronnie, who won World Championship only on the 9th attempt. Remember Judd, who won in his 14th pro season. Remember Ding. And what're you doing now? 'Leave them kids alone' They will win when they are ready ποΈ
A few words about Zhao. Yes, sometimes he plays some outstanding snooker. Yes, he is a new star. Yes, his game is interesting to watch. But these conversations are very out of place either about Ronnie or about an early victory at the World Championship.
The young player showed only the 3rd or 4th bright performance in 6 years of a professional career, and he is already being compared to the greatest. It's just not serious, it's unnecessary extra pressure. What're you doing?