Since China's post-90s player Zhao Xintong successfully won the British Championship, many fans have expected Zhao Xintong to do more. However, Zhao Xintong's 2-4 defeat to Gould in the World Grand Prix brought everyone back to reality. Zhao Xintong is still the player who plays very passionately, but the imbalance in his ability is still exposed in front of Gould. Perhaps many people think that Zhao Xintong's ability should be stronger than Gould's, but objectively speaking, Zhao Xintong's strength is far from The level of Gould. Even Selby did not dare to easily win the balance of Gould's abilities, but in the face of Zhao Xintong, Selby still had good confidence. Therefore, the current Zhao Xintong has not yet entered the ranks of first-class players.
Zhao Xintong is not yet one of the top players
Although the victory of the British Championship made Zhao Xintong famous, in fact, this championship has a certain element of luck. Not to mention the many upset situations, even the luck ball in the final also shows this. But that's how the game was, and being able to win the championship in the end shows that he deserved to win. But in terms of his current overall strength, he is not enough to be one of the top players. Zhao Xintong obviously belongs to the players who are strong in attack and weak in defense, and his tactical and defensive level is not even as good as Gould, let alone on a par with top players such as Selby and Trump. In fact, Zhao Xintong's current situation is the same as that of Trump, but the difference is that Trump's performance is more stable than his. Although Trump's original defense was also not good, he was still much stronger than the current Zhao Xintong.
Zhao Xintong's current stability is not very good
British Championship champion Zhao Xintong is currently only a player with good accuracy, and there is still an objective gap between him and the real top players, and this objective gap is the stability in the game. Once Zhao Xintong played a fiery state, he could defeat anyone, but his state would not be particularly lasting. And this reason is that his accuracy, defense and possession can not support his state to become stable, only accuracy and no defense, you can only expect your accuracy to remain at a very high level to support the stability of your state. In fact, his accuracy is not the best, but his accuracy is the most stable, which is the most terrible thing about Trump. However, Zhao Xintong is not like this, his accuracy may not be at the same level in the same race, let alone maintain the same level in several consecutive races. In addition, he is also less transparent than Trump, which allows him to often give his opponents opportunities after making mistakes and miss the victory of the game.
Zhao Xintong is still far from being a real top player
Defense and offense are two indispensable aspects of snooker players, offense can play a good game, and defense can win the opportunity to play. Only offense without defense will be passive in the game, only defense without offense will only make yourself lost in the game. So the real top players must have super offensive ability and excellent defensive ability, because only in this way can you not fall behind in the real top duels. Zhao Xintong currently has excellent offensive ability, and he can play smooth games. But it's easy to be passive when he meets a player with strong offensive ability and defensive excellence, because his defensive level is not even second-rate. Of course, the current Zhao Xintong is still in a state of learning, and fans still need to give him enough time to do it. If you expect him to be a first-class player right away, it's not realistic because his current ability doesn't have that kind of condition. Under normal circumstances, he would still lose a lot of games in the next time, and maybe at some point he would break out again. Only when his abilities are really reinforced and become balanced can he become a stable player, and until then, we should not expect too much.