China to become new home for snooker

Due to the increasing number of snooker fans, players and their craze for the game, China is becoming a new biggest venue for the World Snooker events after the UK. The Chinese soil has produced many major names in snooker so far and has organised some important snooker tournaments.

China becoming the new venue for international snooker events is no surprise at all because the game is equally loved there. Due to the increasing popularity of the game there, the snooker governing body, World Snooker has decided to launch a couple of more snooker events so that the Chinese snooker fans can have more fun in the arena.

Until now, there were only three major ranking snooker events in China, the Shanghai Masters, the Haikou World Open and the China Open. However, World Snooker Chairman Barry Hearn announced two more major ranking tournaments in the Chinese snooker calendar.

The new snooker events will be Wuxi Classic which was an invitational non-ranking event, has now been give the status of a major ranking tournament and a new event titled as International Snooker Championship.

Speaking to the media, the 2012 World Snooker Championship winner Ronnie O’Sullivan said, “If China want it, they can have it. They’re the most powerful country in the world. One day this tournament will be in China, have no doubts about that. I love going to China and the Chinese people. I love the food and I love the culture.”

Meanwhile, World Snooker chief Barry Hearn added, “We have built an excellent relationship with the CBSA and that has been fundamental to our success. China is a rapidly expanding market and we are going where the demand is because this game belongs to the world.”

China has already its top players in the leading line up of the game such as Ding Junhui, Liang Wenbo, Cao Yupeng and Liu Chuang. In the recently finished World Championship, four Chinese potters made it to the initial stages of the event which is a clear proof of snooker’s increasing popularity in China.

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