Beijing time on January 5 news, snooker Champions League, Zhao Xintong won the third group championship, from the first group round robin game 3-0 clean sheet world first Selby, to the final 3-2 kill Chinese compatriot Xiao Guodong to win the championship, Zhao Xintong maintained a full victory golden body, won 8 consecutive wins, this group championship has too much gold content!
On the road to winning the championship, Zhao Xintong defeated the 2015 World Championship champion Bingham twice in the group stage + semi-finals, counting the first round of group round robin 3-0 sweeping the current world No. 1 Selby, Zhao Xintong defeated the world champion 3 times, so in this state, we also saw Zhao Xintong when the British Championship won the championship: the accuracy is still the same, and the defense and the mother ball are in place.
At present, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao have become the 2 leaders of the new generation of Chinese snooker, but the playing style of the two is completely different, Yan Bingtao is balanced in attack and defense, calm and sophisticated, and has a strong ability to play, more like Selby, this style of play is rarely called a genius. However, Zhao Xintong is completely different from Yan Bingtao, accurate bench + sharp attack + fast shot, which is the 3 labels on Zhao Xintong, this style of play is easier to be called a genius!
Zhao Xintong is indeed like this, he was concerned about it when he was a teenager, the accurate long platform is amazing, he became famous at a young age, and he was praised by O'Sullivan. In fact, Zhao Xintong's playing style is the type of O'Sullivan and Trump. From winning the Championship to today's Champions League group championship, Zhao Xintong has completed the transformation, both retaining his sharp attack, but also taking into account the defense and the mother ball position, from a snooker genius to a real snooker master, from the content of the game, it is indeed so, Zhao Xintong's ability to win with one shot is still top, and now there is defense.
Such Zhao Xintong reminds everyone of who? Not to mention the great O'Sullivan, at least, today's Zhao Xintong can make everyone look forward to the next Trump!