In the first round of the 2022 Snooker Masters, Higgins defeated Zhao Xintong 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals. After Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong also suffered a round of travel, 46-year-old world champion Higgins hit China's snooker, 2 new stars joined hands out, and the Chinese snooker legion was completely destroyed in this Masters!
Previously, in the opening match of this Masters, Yan Bingtao, who participated as the defending champion, lost 4-6 to Mark Williams and suffered a round of travel, so Zhao Xintong became the only seedling of China's snooker in this Masters.
Facing Higgins, Zhao Xintong played with confidence in the opening stage, and in the case of Higgins blasting out a single shot in the first set, Zhao Xintong responded strongly with a single shot of 128 points in the second set, and created the highest single score so far in this Masters Tournament. Just when everyone thought that there would be an ultra-high-quality immortal fight game, Zhao Xintong fell into a slump afterwards, which can be said to be a super slump, losing 3 consecutive games!
In the case of the General Bureau 1-4 behind, Zhao Xintong was very difficult in the sixth set to finally win another round, from the big score, Zhao Xintong is a stop to the decadence, however, from the perspective of the content of the game, Zhao Xintong is still sluggish, winning because Higgins's energy has declined significantly.
After the game, Higgins gave Zhao Xintong at least 5 opportunities in the seventh set, unfortunately, Zhao Xintong's hand has been completely cold, continuous spit cake, Higgins won another set 68-8, and the General Administration scored 5-2 to get the match point. In the eighth set, Higgins didn't give another chance, winning by 78 points and ending the game 6-2.
In 2021, Yan Bingtao won the Masters championship at the beginning of the year, Zhao Xin won the British Championship at the end of his childhood, and in the case of Ding Junhui falling into a super low, we saw a new hope for China's snooker. Therefore, this year's snooker Masters, we were very much looking forward to the prospects of China's snooker double stars, according to the signing table, if you can win the first round to advance, Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong can meet in the 1/4 finals, but unfortunately, after Mark Williams, another 75 three Jeggins gave China snooker a heavy blow, China's snooker double stars joined hands to bid farewell to this Masters, two world champions who have reached the age of 46, Mark Williams and Higgins will meet in the 1/4 finals.