On December 6, Beijing time, the 2021 Snooker Scottish Open, the world's 10th Barry Hawkins lost 0-4 to the 21-year-old Chinese teenager Pang Junxu, breaking out of the big cold! In addition, Yan Bingtao also advanced!
Pang Junxu is 21 years old, he was exposed to billiards at the age of 4, won the 6th place in the junior group of the National Junior Snooker Open in 2009, the 5th place in the junior group of the National Junior Snooker Open in 2010, and the runner-up of the junior group of the National Junior Snooker Series Jiangmen Open in 2011, Pang Junxu's idol is Ding Junhui.
Today, Pang Junxu's opponent is Barry Hawkins, who is ranked 10th in the world and has just reached the top 4 of the British Championship and lost to Zhao Xintong. In the end, Zhao Xintong won the championship! In this game, Hawkins was obviously not in good shape, losing 40-70 in the first set, and then Pang Junxu scored 66 points to lead 2-0. In the third set, 62-51, Pang Junxu won again, leading 3-0 in the big score. In the fourth set, with a single score of 60 points, Pang Junxu won and swept the world's 10th place 4-0!
Consecutive battles, Hawkins is not in good shape can be understood, as for the Chinese youngster, he got a hearty victory, can beat the world's 10th, amazing! For the young Pang Junxu, this victory can bring about an increase in confidence.
For the rest of the game, Yan Bingtao swept Zach 4-0. Shurtti, in the first set, Yan Bingtao scored 92 points, leading 1-0. In the second set, Yan Bingtao 90-0 again kept a clean sheet again! In the third set, Yan Bingtao scored 54 points to lead 3-0. In the fourth set, Yan Bingtao scored 73 points and swept 4-0 to advance!
It can be said that Zhao Xintong won the British Championship, which is an incentive for other Chinese players. After all, Zhao Xintong himself also said that he hopes that more and more Chinese players can win the championship of the three major competitions. In this Scottish Open, Zhao Xintong was previously out of the qualifiers. However, there are still many players in China who want to achieve good results!