Английская Википедия:2021 UK Championship
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The 2021 UK Championship (officially the 2021 Cazoo UK Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 23 November to 5 December 2021 at the York Barbican, in York, England. The event was the first Triple Crown and fifth ranking event of the 2021–22 snooker season. The tournament featured a prize fund of £1,009,000, with the winner receiving £200,000. It was sponsored by car retail company Cazoo and broadcast in the UK by the BBC and Eurosport.
Neil Robertson was the defending champion, having defeated Judd Trump 10–9 in the 2020 final, but he lost 2–6 in the first round to amateur John Astley. Many other top seeds exited the tournament in the early rounds, with 11 of the world's top 13 ranked players eliminated before the last-16 stage. For the first time in the tournament's history, no top-16 player reached the final, which was contested between China's Zhao Xintong and Belgium's Luca Brecel, both of whom made their first appearances in a Triple Crown final. Zhao won the event with a 10–5 victory in the final to claim his first ranking title. The event featured 119 century breaks, with Gary Wilson making the highest, his fourth career maximum break, in his first-round match against Ian Burns.
Aged 24, Zhao became the youngest winner of the UK Championship since Trump in 2011. He became the fourth non-British winner in the tournament's history, after Ireland's Patsy Fagan, China's Ding Junhui, and Australia's Robertson. He also became the fourth player from mainland China to win a ranking title, after Ding, Liang Wenbo and Yan Bingtao. His win enabled him to enter the top 16 for the first time and secure a place in the second Triple Crown event of the season, the 2022 Masters.
Overview
The 2021 UK Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 23 November to 5 December 2021 at the York Barbican, in York, England.[1] The UK Championship was first held in 1977 as the United Kingdom Professional Snooker Championship, open to British residents only. At the 1984 event, it became a ranking tournament open to players of any nationality, which it has remained ever since.[2][3] The event was the first Triple Crown tournament, and the fifth ranking event of the 2021–22 snooker season.[4][5][6] There were 128 participants, 119 players from the World Snooker Tour, and 9 invited amateur players.[7][8]
The defending champion was Neil Robertson, who defeated Judd Trump 10–9 in the previous year's final.[9] The tournament was broadcast live in the United Kingdom by BBC Sport, and shown on Eurosport in Europe.[10] Worldwide, the event was covered by China Central Television and Superstars Online in China, and by Sky Sport in New Zealand.[10] It was simulcast in Hong Kong by Now TV; DAZN covered the event across Canada, Brazil and the United States.[10] It was sponsored by vehicle rental company Cazoo.[11]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:[12]
- Winner: £200,000
- Runner-up: £80,000
- Semi-final: £40,000
- Quarter-final: £24,500
- Last 16: £17,000
- Last 32: £12,000
- Last 64: £6,500
- Highest Шаблон:Cuegloss: £15,000
- Total: £1,009,000
Summary
All matches other than the final were held as the best-of-11 frames.[13] In the first round, defending champion Neil Robertson lost 2–6 to amateur player John Astley, but later revealed that he had been diagnosed with pulsatile tinnitus and would have withdrawn from the tournament regardless.[14] Shaun Murphy, the sixth seed, lost 5–6 to another amateur player Si Jiahui, and made comments afterward on BBC Radio 5 Live suggesting that amateur players should not be permitted to compete in professional events.[15] Robertson, Mark Williams and Mark Selby agreed with Murphy's comments,[16][17] although the World Snooker Tour stated that giving amateurs the opportunity to compete in professional tournaments was a vital aspect of their development,[18] and its chairman Steve Dawson stated that the drama caused by amateur players beating elite professionals had been "great for the sport".[19] Critics on social media noted the irony that Murphy himself had attempted to qualify for golf's 2019 Open Championship as an amateur competitor.[20] Thepchaiya Un-Nooh compiled five century breaks while defeating Stephen Hendry 6–1 in the first round, becoming only the fourth player after Fergal O'Brien, Trump, and Matthew Selt to make that many in a best-of-11 match.[21]
Reigning world champion Selby (seeded 2), Williams (9), Ding Junhui (10), and reigning Masters champion Yan Bingtao (12) all lost in the last 64. Selby trailed world number 63 Hossein Vafaei 0–5, but won the next two frames before Vafaei Шаблон:Cuegloss a Шаблон:Cuegloss in frame eight to win the match 6–2.[22] Williams led world number 56 Anthony Hamilton 3–0, but lost the match 5–6, after which he apologised for falling asleep during the sixth frame, stating he had been feeling unwell following a case of COVID-19.[23] Ding lost 3–6 to world number 55 Sam Craigie, guaranteeing that he would drop out of the top 16 after the tournament and be ineligible to compete in the Masters for the first time since 2006.[24][25] After Craigie potted the final pink in frame eight, referee Maike Kesseler awarded him the frame for a 5–3 lead while the cue ball was still in motion. Craigie then placed his cue on the table and the cue ball collided with it.[26] Speaking for the BBC studio, pundit Ken Doherty argued that the referee should have called a foul, respotted the pink, and given Ding the opportunity to come back to the table and attempt to level the match at 4–4; however, the frame had been awarded to Craigie prematurely. Speaking on Eurosport, pundit Alan McManus also criticised Kesseler for awarding the frame before the cue ball had come to rest.[27] Yan lost 3–6 to world number 53 Ben Woollaston.[28]
Five more seeded players exited in the round of 32. Third seed Trump, the previous year's runner-up, suffered a shock 3–6 defeat to world number 35 Selt.[29] John Higgins (7) and Mark Allen (11) fell victim to comebacks by their opponents, with Higgins losing 5–6 to Zhao Xintong after leading 5–3,[30] and Allen losing 5–6 to David Gilbert after leading 5–2.[31] Stephen Maguire (8) was whitewashed 0–6 by world number 40 Luca Brecel,[32] while Stuart Bingham (13) lost 5–6 to world number 45 Noppon Saengkham, despite coming back from 0–5 behind to force a Шаблон:Cuegloss.[33] Eleven of the world's top-13-ranked players were eliminated before the last-16 stage of the tournament.[34] Overall, just five seeded players reached the last 16: Ronnie O'Sullivan (4), Kyren Wilson (5), Barry Hawkins (14), Jack Lisowski (15), and Anthony McGill (16). All five seeds progressed to the quarter-finals, along with Zhao, Brecel, and world number 102 Andy Hicks.[13]
In the quarter-finals, Wilson defeated seven-time champion O'Sullivan. During their match, O'Sullivan repeatedly complained to referee Jan Verhaas about audience members distracting him as they entered and exited the auditorium, and interrupted his breaks to sit in his chair for several minutes at a time while the crowd settled down.[35] He also requested that a photographer be removed from the arena floor.[36] O'Sullivan came from 3–5 behind to level the match, but Wilson won the deciding frame for a 6–5 victory.[37] The other quarter-finals were more one-sided as Brecel defeated McGill 6–2, Zhao won six consecutive frames to beat Lisowski 6–2, and Hawkins defeated Hicks 6–1.[37][38] In the first semi-final, Brecel defeated Wilson 6–4, compiling four century breaks and three other breaks over 50, to become the first player from continental Europe to reach a Triple Crown final.[39][40] In the second semi-final, Zhao defeated Hawkins 6–1, making a century break and an additional five breaks over 70, to reach his first ranking final.[41]
The final was played on 5 December 2021 between Brecel and Zhao as the best-of-19 frames held over two Шаблон:Cuegloss.[42] It was the first in the tournament’s history not to feature a player in the top 16 in the world rankings, and the second not to feature a player from the United Kingdom (Australian Robertson defeated Chinese player Liang Wenbo in the 2015 final). Zhao led 5–3 after the afternoon session, and then won five of the seven frames played in the evening session to defeat Brecel 10–5 and win the first ranking title of his career. Zhao became the tournament's fourth non-British winner, after Ireland’s Patsy Fagan, China's Ding, and Australia’s Robertson. He also became the fourth player from mainland China to win a ranking title, after Ding, Liang, and Yan.[43] He moved up from 26th to ninth in the world rankings, which secured his place in the 2022 Masters in January. As runner-up, Brecel moved up the rankings from 40th to 18th.[44]
Tournament draw
The draw for the event is shown below. Players in bold denote match winners.[45]
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Finals
Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Ben Williams York Barbican, York, England, 5 December 2021 | ||
Luca Brecel (40) Шаблон:BEL |
5–10 | Zhao Xintong (26) Шаблон:CHN |
Afternoon: 4–79 (79), 133–0 (133), 25–90 (61), 80–19, 12–92, 40–67, 60–47, 17–85 (78) Evening: 0–87 (87), 9–120 (120), 71–31 (64), 6–69 (56), 97–13 (81), 19–71, 0–99 (99) | ||
133 | Highest break | 120 |
1 | Century breaks | 1 |
3 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Century breaks
A total of 119 century breaks were made during the tournament.[46] Gary Wilson made the highest, his fourth career maximum break, in his first-round match against Ian Burns.[47] Шаблон:Div col
- 147, 104 Шаблон:Ndash Gary Wilson
- 142, 115 Шаблон:Ndash Fergal O'Brien
- 139, 131, 120, 115, 108 Шаблон:Ndash Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 139 Шаблон:Ndash Li Hang
- 138, 129, 128, 103 Шаблон:Ndash Dominic Dale
- 138 Шаблон:Ndash Zhang Anda
- 136, 129, 107, 106, 100 Шаблон:Ndash Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- 136, 118 Шаблон:Ndash Ben Woollaston
- 135, 133, 130, 117 Шаблон:Ndash Anthony McGill
- 135 Шаблон:Ndash Louis Heathcote
- 135 Шаблон:Ndash Andy Hicks
- 134, 131, 112 Шаблон:Ndash John Higgins
- 134, 129 Шаблон:Ndash Ding Junhui
- 134, 101 Шаблон:Ndash Ali Carter
- 133, 130, 112, 112, 105, 102 Шаблон:Ndash Luca Brecel
- 132, 131, 109 Шаблон:Ndash Graeme Dott
- 132, 100 Шаблон:Ndash Judd Trump
- 131, 128, 121, 119, 103, 100 Шаблон:Ndash Noppon Saengkham
- 131, 115 Шаблон:Ndash David Gilbert
- 131 Шаблон:Ndash Gerard Greene
- 130 Шаблон:Ndash Aaron Hill
- 130 Шаблон:Ndash Ashley Hugill
- 129, 102 Шаблон:Ndash Ricky Walden
- 128 Шаблон:Ndash Jordan Brown
- 128 Шаблон:Ndash Matthew Selt
- 128 Шаблон:Ndash Craig Steadman
- 127, 105, 104, 100 Шаблон:Ndash Stephen Maguire
- 126, 110 Шаблон:Ndash Jack Lisowski
- 125 Шаблон:Ndash Duane Jones
- 124 Шаблон:Ndash Neil Robertson
- 122, 121, 118, 102, 102 Шаблон:Ndash Cao Yupeng
- 122, 120, 120, 114, 110, 100 Шаблон:Ndash Zhao Xintong
- 121, 117, 115, 113, 110, 102 Шаблон:Ndash Kyren Wilson
- 120 Шаблон:Ndash Ian Burns
- 120 Шаблон:Ndash Gao Yang
- 119 Шаблон:Ndash John Astley
- 118 Шаблон:Ndash Yuan Sijun
- 115, 109 Шаблон:Ndash Wu Yize
- 115, 105 Шаблон:Ndash Hossein Vafaei
- 114, 113 Шаблон:Ndash Robbie Williams
- 114 Шаблон:Ndash Ben Hancorn
- 113 Шаблон:Ndash Stuart Carrington
- 113 Шаблон:Ndash Peter Lines
- 113 Шаблон:Ndash Kurt Maflin
- 112, 106 Шаблон:Ndash Mark Williams
- 111 Шаблон:Ndash Simon Lichtenberg
- 111 Шаблон:Ndash Joe Perry
- 110 Шаблон:Ndash Fan Zhengyi
- 107, 100 Шаблон:Ndash Yan Bingtao
- 107 Шаблон:Ndash Scott Donaldson
- 105 Шаблон:Ndash Ashley Carty
- 105 Шаблон:Ndash Sam Craigie
- 104 Шаблон:Ndash David Grace
- 104 Шаблон:Ndash Allan Taylor
- 103, 103 Шаблон:Ndash Barry Hawkins
- 103 Шаблон:Ndash Martin Gould
- 102 Шаблон:Ndash Michael White
- 101 Шаблон:Ndash Mark King
- 101 Шаблон:Ndash Lei Peifan
References
External links
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