Former UK Championship winner Zhao is already enjoying the deepest ever run in this event by an amateur - though he is set to rejoin the pro tour next season. In fact if he reaches the last four, the guaranteed prize money of £100,000 will be enough to lift him into the top 64 of the Johnstone's Paint World Rankings which means that going into 2025/26 the 28-year-old will retain the ranking points he has earned this season.
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前英锦赛冠军赵心童已经创造了业余选手在这项赛事中的最好成绩，尽管他下赛季将重返职业巡回赛。事实上，如果他进入四强，10万英镑的奖金将足以让他跻身世界排名前64位，这意味着到2025/26赛季，这位28岁的选手将保留本赛季获得的排名积分。
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这个消息最早是知名斯诺克数据网站snookerorg在X上公布的，但他们也不确定，也不知道如何处理带来的问题——譬如保级问题，会不会把本能保级的选手挤降级之类的。现在WST官网也公布这个消息，虽然不知道如何处理后续一些问题，但看来打进四强保留积分是铁板钉钉了。
万一，我是说万一啊，赵心童夺冠，岂不是一步重返前十六？哈哈。