Beijing time on January 5 news, snooker Champions League Invitational, Zhao Xintong Hao won 8 consecutive wins, 1 beat Selby, 2 times beat Bingham, won the championship of the third group, ranked among the winners, and set 2 records. People's Daily and CCTV both spoke out, praising Zhao Xintong's performance.
Last year, Zhao Xintong won the British Championship and his world ranking came to 9th!
Now in the Champions League, Zhao Xintong showed excellent form, on the first day, Zhao Xintong defeated Selby and Bingham, the latter two are world champions, the score is 3-0 and 3-1 respectively. Subsequently, Zhao Xintong defeated Xiao Guodong 3-2.
On the second day, Zhao Xintong first defeated Perry 3-0, then swept Ryan Day 3-0, and in the final civil war, Zhao Xintong defeated Lu Ning 3-1 to win six consecutive victories and reach the final four.
In the semi-finals, Zhao Xintong's opponent was Bingham, and in the case of losing one set first, Zhao Xintong won 3 consecutive sets and won 3-1. In the final, Zhao Xintong's opponent was Xiao Guodong, who defeated Selby. In the final, Zhao Xintong once led 2-0, but Xiao Guodong won 2 consecutive sets, the decider, Zhao Xintong single shot 66 points to win, 3-2 to win the group championship.
First, after the British Championship, Zhao Xintong won the championship again.
Second, Zhao Xintong broke through 100 in his career, becoming the 75th player in history to achieve this achievement.
People's Daily and CCTV both praised Zhao Xintong, but Zhao Xintong has already targeted the Masters, "On the occasion of the Masters, I also hope to play more games, and now my preparation is very good, and I am very much looking forward to the arrival of the Masters!" ”
From January 9 to 16, the Snooker Masters will be played, and the defending champion will be Yan Bingtao, and Zhao Xintong will also participate. After Ding Junhui, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao are the hopes of China Snooker, and both have won the championship of the three major competitions. It is worth mentioning that this is the first time that Zhao Xintong has participated in the Masters, while other Chinese players such as Ding Junhui have not qualified for the competition, and the only Chinese players participating in the competition are Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong.