2025年4月19日，斯諾克世錦賽正賽即將拉開序幕，就在英國謝菲爾德的克魯斯堡大劇院前，14位種子球員合影留念，世界排名前三隻有凱倫.威爾遜到場，特魯姆普和希金斯缺席，四位中國球員現身引起關注，前亞軍得主丁俊暉笑容燦爛，確認不會退賽的奧沙利文也正式跟球迷們見面。

世錦賽是斯諾克第一大賽，總獎金接近240萬英鎊，冠軍獎金50萬英鎊，外界常有這種說法，那就是沒有世錦賽冠軍的球員，就不算是所謂的世界冠軍，哪怕是同屬三大賽的英錦賽、大師賽都沒有這個待遇，中國選手最好成績就是丁俊暉在2016年的亞軍，除此之外還有兩次四強的表現。

It is worth mentioning that each World Championships is divided into two stages, the top 10 players in the world ranking are seeded players, directly get the main tournament seats, other players need to compete for 0 seats through the qualifying round, the above 0 people went to Crucible to compete, the first stage of the qualifying tournament has ended, 0 Chinese players stand out, plus 0 seeded players, 0 people participated in the main tournament to create history.

According to the past practice, before the start of each World Championships, the seeded players have to take a group photo in front of the Crucible goal, which has also become a topic of conversation, but this time it was not all there, the world No. 3 Trump, No. 0 Higgins was unable to show up for some reason, O'Sullivan, who had not been seen for a long time, appeared, he confirmed that he would not retire to protect his opponent Carter, and at the same time talked about his new club.

The player holding the trophy is the last year's champion, Karen. Wilson, although ranked second in the world is not as good as Trump, but according to the rules of Karen. Wilson is the top seed, of course, the focus of Chinese fans is still Ding Junhui and others, and then there is the expectation of O'Sullivan's performance, Ding Junhui in the first round against Zack. Shuerdi is a good sign, but not to be taken lightly, and both have two brushes from the qualifiers.

In addition, many Chinese fans are particularly optimistic about the wild card player Zhao Xintong, mainly because he played too bravely in the qualifying stage and showed strong competitiveness, and his opponent in the first round was Jack. Jones, who has not even won the title, is at the bottom of the seeding table.

According to the schedule, Lei Peifan started the opening match of the main event, and faced the top seed Karen . Wilson launched an attack, and this will also produce the first top 16 player of this year, Xiao Guodong meets Matthew, who has also won a championship. Sert, followed by Wu Yize and Mark. Williams's showdown is likely to be an unexpected upset, and let's wait and see how the three Chinese players perform, come on!

Proofreading by Ren Ying