The World Open

First Judd-Ding final since 2014, apparently. Judd made the last World Open final in 2019.

(23-03-2024 19:39 )Snooks Wrote:  Neil Robertson will now have to go through qualifying to make The Crucible for the first time in 18 years.

That's the effect of the Tour Championship being the cut off point for the World Championship, not the World Open.

On the face of it, there are only 12 players in the Tour Championship and they are all in the top 16 in the 2 year ranking list so it shouldn't make much difference. On closer examination, because the players all lose their ranking points for the 2022 Tour Championship at the start of the 2024 one it could make all the difference.

Neil Robertson will be 14th in the provisional rankings at the end of the World Open. He won the 2022 Tour Championship so after he loses all his ranking points for that he slips to 24th. He's not in the Tour Championship this year so he can't recoup his points. If anyone drops out of the Tour Championship, Hossein Vafaei will be next in line in the 1YRL to take their spot.

I wish it could have gone on longer, but Judd, with 2 century breaks and several frame winning breaks, wrapped up a one-sided 10-4 victory.

Judd has now won 5 professional tournaments this season, but unlike Ronnie, all Judd's victories have come in ranking tournaments.