Casey wrote:It depends on their results leading up to the tournament. If Robbo was to say get to a couple of finals before hand then I would say yea, why not skip the China open.
There are still top players that will want to go into the World's with a title under their belts - Selby, Murphy, Allen, Higgins, Maguire, Trump - all come to mindd :)
Yeah, those you last mentioned will definately want to have a title when the Worlds comes around, and if Robbo manages to do well in the events prior to the China Open, then I think he should give that a miss, even being defending champ.
But even a player winning in the China Open has often proved down the years that he will most likely crash early in the Worlds, those who go far in China usually don't have great runs in the biggest Major.
Another player who I think would definately benefit from skipping a tourney this season is definately Ding, he did it early on the season but could do it again, but honestly don't know which tourney he'll choose if he wants to, have many doubts it'll be the China Open as it's his home event, maybe skipping PTC Grand Finals in Thailand wouldn't be a bad idea for him.