Stuart Bingham, 39, looks simple, but after more than ten years of career, he is still an ordinary nobody. I thought I would live a lifetime in vain, but I didn't expect a few years.

Almost forty years old, but began to rise rapidly. At the 20 15 World Snooker Championship, he unexpectedly won the titles of O 'Sullivan and Rump. In the final, he came from behind and beat Murphy, who had just achieved a grand slam a few months ago, with 18: 15, and won a world championship trophy full of gold.

16 years later, no talent, no looks, no highlights.

When Murphy, Selby and Robertson after 80s were in full swing, Ding Junhui and Rump after 80s were aggressive, and the three masters after 75s began to decline day by day, snooker proved that it was just like any sport.

Chihiro will be shot on the beach. As barry hearn, the head of snooker, said, "I sympathize with the old players, but if you can't catch up with the younger generation, step aside."

Bingham, an English player born in 1976, has an awkward position in the post-70s generation. Since 1995 changed careers, it was not until 20 1 1 that he won his first championship in the Australian Open. The first 16 years of my career had almost no bright spots, but I earned some hard money with a high attendance rate and a bare head, but I was nicknamed "blx" by fans.

In the 2002 World Championships, Bingham almost scored 147 in the first round. When he hit the penultimate pink ball, only a stone's throw away from the perfect score of 65,438+06,000 pounds, an audience actually stood on the sidelines.

Bet that he would make a mistake, and finally he really missed the pink ball. But the psychological impact of this incident on him is far less serious than the reversal of Ding Junhui in the 20 1 1 World Championships. That time Xiaoding was 9:/kloc-0: 2 behind, and Bingham came out.

Hold four match points, but finally let the cooked duck fly away. Such a cowardly loss made him spend five days reflecting after the game, and he was still ridiculed by another player, mark allen, who is famous for his outspoken. In many balls

In the eyes of fans, Bingham, who is rough in appearance, is actually very fragile inside and his psychological quality is not very good.

Every time I come to China to watch a game, idol stars such as O 'Sullivan and Janet Lampe are always asked to take a photo with their autographs, while Bingham is more like a tourist. Without family and assistants, taking a taxi to the market after the game can't attract others' attention.

When people reach middle age, they will almost retire after playing for two years. If the story goes on like this, this is an ordinary nobody. But the wind seems to have suddenly changed.

As I grew older, my career curve suddenly became crazy.

In the next two years, Bingham reached the finals of the Wuxi Classic and the Welsh Open, reached the semi-finals of the British Championship, and won the Shanghai Masters on 20 14, and his career began to walk out of the continuous sunshine.

"I once suspected that after I won once, will there be a second time? You may never win the championship again. To win an event, you must beat top players like O 'Sullivan, Selby and Robertson one after another. But at least I don't think anyone can take this trophy now. "Perhaps a big reason for Bingham's long ball is to learn such self-consolation.

Another important factor may be the strength of the family. In 20 13, 37-year-old Bingham ended his bachelor career and now has a 3-year-old son. After winning the Shanghai Masters, he said that his wife and children were his greatest psychological support.

Of course, hard work must be the most important key word for Bingham's luck. After that cowardly defeat to Ding Junhui, he gave up his summer vacation and went to training every day. After that, every time he met Ding, Bingham was in high spirits and won five games in a row, which turned out to be Ding Junhui's bitter hand.

Bingham is a model worker among snooker players. Other players will give up some small games to take a vacation or go too far, but he will come to every game. Maybe he thinks he is not talented enough, so he needs to be down-to-earth and try his best to support his family, much like those middle-aged people around us who don't talk much, do a lot of things and don't show off.

When fate has visited O 'Sullivan's talented niche countless times, it finally reminds me of Bingham's diligent and persistent niche occasionally.