0-1！ Zhao Xintong's masters debut fiasco was only 6 points, Higgins broke a hundred victories, will master Uncle Ma?

On the evening of January 10, the snooker Masters began the second day of competition, Zhao Xintong and Higgins narrow road met, the winner was shortlisted for the top 8. Chinese players have faced off against 75 members of the Three Masters for 2 consecutive days, defending champion Yan Bingtao lost a good game 3-1 on the first day, 4-6 was counter-killed by Mark Williams to stage a round trip, Zhao Xintong relay debut, whether he can win the first victory of the Career Masters is worth looking forward to.

Zhao Xintong is the best Chinese player this season, he has never reached the final of the ranking tournament before, but in the British Championship, with amazing accuracy and super single-shot winning ability, he played a piece of the sky by attack, and finally overturned Higgins, Hawkins, Lisowski, Brechel and other famous players, becoming the first post-90s to create history in the tournament. After this battle, Zhao Xintong jumped to no. 9 in the world ranking to become The new brother of China, and he also opened up in the Champions League at the beginning of the new year, and he won 8 consecutive wins to get the first place in the 3rd group to be shortlisted for the winner group.

Higgins holds 31 ranking championships, but this season he has transformed into 4 Asian kings, and 4 finals have passed by the champions, which has the potential to catch up with the Rockets last season's 5 Asian kings. Wizards have a lot of ties with Chinese players, he lost to Yan Bingtao 8-10 in the final of the last Masters, becoming the first of the three major competitions of Chinese young players; 1 year later, Higgins and Zhao Xintong met in the first round, will he make a wedding dress for Chinese again?

Zhao Xintong has maintained a total victory against Higgins in the past 3 games and occupies a psychological advantage. The two sides fought in the first set, Zhao Xintong failed to quickly open the situation, and interrupted the attack with 6 points. Higgins showed the world's top ball skills after getting started, playing a single shot of 100 points to seal the win, net 94 points to take a 1-0 lead, and is expected to meet Mark Williams in the quarterfinals. Zhao Xintong did not play his own characteristics in the first set, expecting the Chinese rockets to rebound quickly and stage a confrontation with Higgins to impact the top 8.