In the first semi-final of the World Snooker German Masters, which just ended in the early morning of January 30, 2022, Beijing time, China's "Little Rocket" Zhao Xintong and champion player Qi Wharton staged a wonderful showdown. In this game, Zhao Xintong launched a strong counterattack in the second half after shooting 78 points to 1-3 behind Walton in the first half. In the end, Zhao Xintong won five consecutive games with a strong performance of 65 points, 72 points and 100 points to successfully advance to the final with a strong reversal of Walton 6-3. Next, he will compete with the winners of Yan Bingtao and Mark Allen for the trophy of this year's German Masters.
Zhao Xintong made frequent mistakes and trailed Walton 1-3
In the first half of the game between the two sides, Zhao Xintong had a chance to take the lead, but he had to fall into passivity after frequent mistakes. In the first set, Walton took a 1-0 lead with a single shot of 74 points to win the game 74-9. In the second set, Walton managed to score 75 points and win the game 75:45 on multiple mobile phones to continue to lead Zhao Xintong 2-0. In the third set, Walton scored 14 points and Zhao Xintong single-handedly scored 78 points to win the game 78-14, thus trailing Walton 1-2. In the fourth set, Zhao Xintong made a mistake after scoring 51 points first, and Walton single-handedly blasted 66 points to win the game 66:51 to lead Zhao Xintong 3-1.
Zhao Xintong returned strongly and overtook Wharton 4-3
After the game entered the second half, Zhao Xintong's feel obviously warmed up. The game entered the fifth set, and although Walton scored 60 points, his fatal mistake at a critical moment still cost him, and Zhao Xintong won the game 63:60 by multiple mobile phones to win the game and fall behind Walton 2-3. In the sixth inning, Zhao Xintong made a mistake after scoring 65 points, and although Walton still had the opportunity to play, the mistake of the key ball still made him miss the opportunity to rewrite the score. In the end, Zhao Xintong won the game 90:31 to draw 3-3 with Walton, and successfully pulled the two sides back to the same running line. In the seventh set, Zhao Xintong scored 83 points on the mobile phone several times to keep a clean sheet at 83:0 to successfully surpass Walton 4-3 to take the lead.
Zhao Xintong won five consecutive games to eliminate Walton 6-3 to advance
The game went into the eighth inning, and the two men played very stiffly as soon as they came up. But in the game to play out the form first. Wharton also played worse and worse in Zhao Xintong's offensive firepower, and in the end, Zhao Xintong won the game 94:10 with a single shot 72 point performance, leading Wharton 5-3 to successfully get the match point. In the ninth set, Walton's defense took the lead in a serious mistake, and Zhao Xintong successfully scored the red ball on the far table to get a chance to get started. After getting started, Zhao Xintong no longer gave his opponent any mobile phone meetings, and finally he used his 100-point performance to cleanse his opponent and reverse Walton 6-3 to advance to the final. Next, he will compete with the winners between Yan Bingtao and Allen for the final championship trophy. Judging by the course of the game, Wharton had the chance to win. However, the mistake of the key green ball became the turning point of the game, and it was the emergence of this opportunity that made Zhao Xintong successfully find his competitive state. As Zhao Xintong said in the interview, he has grown now, and when he can play a good performance, he will have the ability to win the final victory, and the performance of beating Trump also allows him to win this game.