CCTV praised the two young generals, did not mention Ding Junhui! Yan Bingtao encouraged Zhao Xintong to make progress together. Previously, CCTV selected the top ten domestic sports news in 2021, China Snooker occupied a seat, and the two young generals Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao were recognized by CCTV, and also praised China's new forces have risen, while China's brother Ding Junhui was not mentioned, which is inevitably regrettable.
So far, Ding Junhui has won 14 ranking championships, only the world championship champion, you can complete the grand slam feat, but in recent years, Ding Junhui's competitive level has declined significantly, the last time he won the ranking championship was in 2019, when Ding Junhui won the British Championship championship, it is equivalent to saying that Ding Junhui has not won the ranking championship for more than two years, and Ding Junhui's world ranking has dropped to 29th, and from the current state of Ding Junhui, The world ranking may continue to decline, just when Ding Junhui's state is sluggish, China's snooker has emerged two young players, bringing hope to the majority of fans, they are Yan Bingtao after 00 and Zhao Xintong after 90, both of whom are in very good shape now.
At the beginning of last year, Yan Bingtao won the Masters Championship, becoming the first post-00 player to win the three major championships, and at the end of the year, Zhao Xintong won the British Championship championship and became the first post-90s player to win the British Championship, which is equivalent to saying that Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong have created history. When the CCTV sports channel summarized it, they all specifically mentioned Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong, and praised their excellent performance. In the case of Ding Junhui's state decline, Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong stood up and led China Snooker to continue to move forward with actions, and now everyone is most concerned about who can become Ding Junhui's successor between the two of them. In the face of this problem, the post-00 young general Yan Bingtao responded, Yan Bingtao said that whether it is him, or Zhao Xintong, they can not be regarded as successors, although the two of them have a higher world ranking, but the results achieved are far less than Ding Junhui, not to say that a Masters champion or British Championship champion can catch up.
Later, Yan Bingtao also said that he and Zhao Xintong would encourage each other, and then make progress together, and they would go all out when playing to bring wonderful games to the fans. Finally, Yan Bingtao also talked about Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao said that Zhao Xintong is very good in many aspects and worth learning by himself, but the most important thing is to train hard, to be able to become a professional player has talent, sometimes it takes personal efforts and diligence. From Yan Bingtao's statement, we can know that he does not think that he and Zhao Xintong can become Ding Junhui's successor after winning a three-major championship, the two of them still have a long way to go, and only by continuous efforts can they achieve good results. I hope that chinese players can train hard and show their best in the competition.