2-1！ Higgins retaliated with a tit-for-tat: the bombardment of the immortal ball won by 88 points, and Zhao Xintong's grain was no longer behind

On the evening of January 10, the 2nd day of the 2022 Snooker Masters kicked off, with Zhao Xintong playing against Higgins. With the defending champion Yan Bingtao out of the first round, Zhao Xintong became The only seedling in China, and he will impact the first victory of the Masters and strive to win the three major championships back-to-back to create history.

In 2021, China's snooker ushered in a big change, Ding Junhui fell out of the altar after the Championship, and the performance of the 2 new generation players was quite strong: Yan Bingtao unlocked the Masters championship, Zhao Xintong became the new king of the British Championship, and the 2-person world ranking ranked in the top 16, and the future can be expected.

Zhao Xintong was praised by the Chinese Rockets for his lightning-like shots and highly ornamental offensive style of play, and many fans believe that it is difficult for him to win the championship without improving his defense, but China's post-90s have always insisted on being themselves, and finally in the British Championship, they beat all opponents to break the championship drought. Higgins remained in good shape, but he stopped at a long-term final, transformed into 4 Asian kings this season, and when he won the 32nd title in the ranking tournament, he had to put a question mark.

Tonight, the first two innings of the 2 people fought to 1-1, Higgins won the first set with 100 points, Zhao Xintong quickly adjusted, and the opponent equalized with a single score of 128 clean sheets in the second set. In the 3rd set, Zhao Xintong's kick-off was flat and stable, and Higgins made a strong attack into the long platform, scoring the fairy ball with almost no downward line, and interrupted the attack after scoring 37 consecutive points. Zhao Xintong was never able to find an offensive opportunity, and Higgins broke through pieces to seal the victory 88-0, and kept a clean sheet for a tit-for-tat, leading 2-1 in the first 3 innings. Zhao Xintong's characteristics were suppressed, he could not play continuous attacks, the particles were not collected and fell behind again, and the prospect of entering the top 8 was not optimistic.