▁his ▁biggest ▁ranking ▁success : ▁There ▁was ▁also ▁another ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁last ▁ 3 2 ▁at ▁the ▁British ▁Open . ▁Although ▁he ▁still ▁ranked ▁ 4 6 th ▁in ▁the ▁ranking , ▁he ▁had ▁shown ▁vict ories ▁over ▁Barry ▁West ▁and ▁Eug ene ▁Hugh es ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁comp ete ▁with ▁top ▁ 3 2 ▁players . ▁The ▁ 1 9 8 8 - 8 9 ▁started ▁badly ▁but ▁The ▁Classic ▁stood ▁out ▁again , ▁after ▁a ▁victory ▁over ▁Steve ▁Long worth ▁, ▁he ▁was ▁once ▁again ▁in ▁the ▁last ▁ 3 2 . ▁ ▁C rip sey ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁ 6 4 ▁world ▁rank ings ▁by ▁ 1 9 9 0 . ▁In ▁a ▁tournament ▁with ▁a ▁special ▁format , ▁the ▁s no oker ▁shoot - out ▁in ▁which ▁a ▁single ▁frame ▁was ▁played ▁he ▁achieved ▁his ▁best ▁professional ▁result . ▁He ▁reached ▁the ▁quarter - final s ▁and ▁then ▁lost ▁just ▁with ▁ 6 2 : 6 6 ▁against ▁Alan ▁Mc Man us ▁he ▁also ▁sli pped ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁top ▁ 1 0 0 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁the ▁professional ▁tour ▁was ▁opened ▁for ▁everyone . ▁Although ▁he ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁remain ▁professional , ▁but ▁had ▁to ▁play ▁pre lim inary ▁r ounds , ▁before ▁the ▁last ▁ 1 2 8 . ▁Over all ▁he ▁won ▁only ▁ 4 ▁games ▁in ▁the ▁year . ▁At ▁the ▁Asian ▁Open ▁he ▁played ▁against ▁Se an ▁Store y ▁. ▁Although ▁his ▁oppon ent ▁conced ed