DUDLEY snooker star Reanne Evans remains second in the women's world rankings despite her victory at the Belgium Open.

The official world women’s rankings have been updated for the first time in 2019 after Evans claimed her third title of the season at the start of February.

The rankings operate on a rolling two-year basis, with points earned during 2016/17 to be removed during the course of this season.

At this revision, points earned at the 2017 Connie Gough Trophy were removed from the ranking list and replaced by those earned at this year’s event held at The Trickshot in Bruges.

Hong Kong’s Ng On Yee has completed 12 months at the head of the world women’s ranking list following her run to the final last weekend in Bruges. In fact, despite losing out to closest rival Reanne Evans in the title match, On Yee has actually extended her lead because she was defending no points at this cut-off stage, while Evans had 3,200 coming off having reached the semi-finals of the Connie Gough Trophy in 2017.

It is not all bad news for 11-time world champion Evans, however, as her defeat of the top seed in Belgium has strengthened her position in top spot on this season’s one-year ranking list with 6,000 more points to her name than her rival.

With On Yee set to lose 20,000 from her total over the next six months following her flawless end to the 2016/17 season, there is a very real prospect that top spot will change hands before the end of the season with Evans due to defend only the 6,400 points earned by her semi-final run at the 2017 World Championship.