Ding and O'Sullivan were my top picks several weeks ago on another thread.
Ding avoided the PTCs as much as possible, and Ronnie spent his time doing manual labour, shoveling s***.
So the guys that played the least ........
May add credence to the burnout theory.
in all seriousness burnout theory IMO is a real thing, look at Mark Williams this year he looked so burned out he might bot touch a cue for years, he was miserable, if he was in the right frame of mind i'm sure he would have done much better.