On 5 January 2022, the Snooker Champions League continued with the first three groups, Liang Wenbo, Graeme Bergeron and Graeme. Dort and Zhao Xintong won the championship and took the lead in advancing to the winner group, two of which were Chinese players, and Zhao Xintong, the champion of the Xinke Ying Championship, showed strong competitiveness, winning eight consecutive wins against Selby, Bingham and other famous players, which also made many fans look forward to his performance in the Masters.
After the game in an interview with the World Taiwan Federation, Zhao Xintong said that he was ready to achieve good results in the next Masters, the first round against Higgins, he was also very confident, just in the British Championship Zhao Xintong reversed Higgins promotion, and finally defeated Brechel to win the championship, as long as Zhao Xintong can maintain the current state, it is possible to bring new surprises, in the recent progress is obviously more confident.
However, for this matter, the world's third O'Sullivan has a different view, just in the World Grand Prix, O'Sullivan defeated Robertson and won the 38th ranking championship of his career, he once again took Ding Junhui as an example, knocked Zhao Xintong, reminded him to guard against arrogance and impatience, the Champions League is different from the Masters, then it will encounter greater pressure, you must be fully prepared.
O'Sullivan said Zhao Xintong has a five-year career and will face more pressure after winning the British Championship, defeating jordan who won his own title at the Welsh Open last year. Brown, the performance in the new season is very mediocre, which makes me very disappointed.
At present, what Zhao Xintong needs to do is to stabilize the position in the top ten in the world, he will encounter more impacts, low-ranking players want to defeat the British Championship champion to prove themselves, the pressure is ten times that of the previous, Ding Junhui is currently the case, the recent results are average, you can imagine how big the dilemma and confusion he faces, every day there will be invisible pressure and even accusations.
Ding Junhui is also training hard, signing up for the Champions League, single limited time, but many fans are not very optimistic about him, O'Sullivan believes that how Zhao Xintong adjusts his mentality is very important, he pointed out that in the face of pressure, some people may be depressed, and may also desperately cheer up, like Higgins, Selby is the case, but more players sink and can't beat themselves.
Of course, for the future of Zhao Xintong, O'Sullivan is still very optimistic, as early as before he thought that Zhao Xintong could win the three major championships, but he did not expect to wait for such a long time, throughout O'Sullivan's career, under various pressures, but every time he can adjust himself, so the reminder of Zhao Xintong is not unreasonable, this experience is worth learning.