Zhao Xintong won the championship, and he was very excited about this somewhat late champion of the competition. Therefore, in his speech after the game, Zhao Xintong directly said "I love Yorkshire (the place of the game)". In fact, seeing Zhao Xintong win the championship, many Chinese fans who love snooker are even more excited. Because, in their view, Zhao Xintong's victory is actually more meaningful than Yan Bingtao, who is also the young leader of China's snooker, winning the Masters.
For China's snooker, the Chinese players in the three major competitions of snooker have unlocked two, of which the banner figure, Ding Junhui, who is still in the golden age of snooker players, has unlocked the Two Major Tournaments of the British Championship and the Masters, while Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong have won the Masters and the British Championship respectively. Due to the downturn in Ding Junhui's state, fans pinned their hopes for the development of China's snooker on Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong, and this time Zhao Xintong's victory made many fans excited.
In recent years, there has been a voice in the snooker world that many people, including some of the world's top players, have fiercely criticized Selby, believing that his playing style has hindered the development of world snooker, not only making opponents sleepy, but also driving away the audience. After all, few people want to watch a game without passion, only grinding control. Although Selby won a lot of honors, the criticism of him has never stopped. Of course, Selby's style of play is within the limits allowed by the rules, but players such as O'Sullivan believe that he sometimes takes a few minutes a ball, not only to consume the patience of opponents, but also to the patience of fans. If the players choose Selby's style of play, Snooker will only die. After all, how can an event without spectator support have a good development?
Among China's snooker players, Yan Bingtao is exactly called "Little Mill King". From this nickname, it can be understood that Yan Bingtao's playing style is basically similar to Selby, and Yan Bingtao now has the feeling of actively moving closer to Selby. Perhaps, in the future, his nickname will become "Selby Jr." It is true that this style of play can lead to good results to a certain extent, but in fact, as O'Sullivan said, such a style of play is a kind of harm to the development of the snooker movement. Therefore, for the active offensive play players, O'Sullivan is fully supportive, which can be seen from his support for Zhao Xintong at this British Championship.
Zhao Xintong's play style is beautiful, the attack is positive, the game makes the fans look pleasing to the eye, and he also has a nickname called "Little Rocket". It was in this way that O'Sullivan was very supportive of him. After a wave of beautiful attacks eliminated Hawkins, O'Sullivan stood up and took the lead in applauding Zhao Xintong. Not only did O'Sullivan praise Zhao Xintong, but even his final opponent Brechel expressed his satisfaction.
Brechel's attack was also outstanding, facing "囧哥" Crom Wilson in the semi-finals, and his offensive performance convinced Wilson. At the time, Brechel blasted a four-stroke 100 and a three-shot 50+ in the game, and there were four sets to keep a clean sheet against Wilson. But in the final, facing Zhao Xintong, Wilson's role was replaced by Brechel. In three games, Brechel just kicked the ball and sat directly in a chair without getting up, because Zhao Xintong's attack was too crazy. Therefore, after the game, Brechel was convinced of Zhao Xintong: "Zhao Xintong did not leave me many opportunities. He scored three times after I teeed off and scored 80 or 90 points. ...... When the game got to the back I thought he might not be able to hold back, but he didn't, and the play was still just as admirable. ”
I have to say that Zhao Xintong's performance is really wonderful, and most importantly, he can bring passion to the audience and convince the opponent, which is a truly deserved champion.