In 2005 or so when Paul Hunter was starting chemotherapy for his stomach cancer, it was put to a players vote as to whether or not to freeze his ranking for a year so that he didn’t tumble down the rankings because of his treatment. Only 2 pros voted against this. Don’t know who the other one was but it’s a reasonably open secret that the other one was Shaun Murphy. So you can hate him with impunity now.
Selby’s the favourite for sure but I can see Fu winning this. I really can.