On the occasion of the Chinese people's happy new year, the good news came from the 2022 World Snooker German Masters, and Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao from cbsA World Snooker Academy successfully met in the final. The two continued their highlights after winning three major tournaments each last year, and this is the second time that Chinese mainland golfers have met in the final of the ranking tournament.
Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao trained together at the CBSA World Snooker Academy before entering the professional arena, carrying the hope of China's snooker. Under the careful cultivation of the college, the shi brothers have successively entered the professional arena, and after several years of training, their strength has been continuously improved. In 2019, Yan Bingtao won the Riga Masters Championship, achieving the first ranking championship of his career and opening a new era of Chinese players.
In 2021, Yan Bingtao won the Masters at the beginning of the year, Zhao Xintong won the British Championship at the end of the year, and two of the world's three major championships were taken away by Chinese golfers. In 2005, Ding Junhui led the snooker boom after becoming famous in Beijing, and now China's snooker has once again set off a climax, bidding farewell to Ding Junhui's era alone.
Now, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao will meet in the final, which is enough to prove that the success of the two is not a flash in the pan. A sport from one person strong to the overall strong requires a process, but also requires long-term dedication and investment. The long-lost outbreak of new stars seems logical, behind which the cultivation of Chinese billiards in talent training has reached the moment of blossoming.
In 2013, the Chinese Billiards Association and the World Professional Snooker Association established the CBSA World Snooker Academy, established the highest institution for the cultivation of snooker talents in China, practiced in the process of exploration, and formed a set of effective training system. The trainees can not only receive systematic training, but also form a healthy competition on campus, and assist the training through scientific and technological means to shorten the growth cycle.
The average length of time it takes for a trainee to train a professional athlete is less than 4 years, making a great contribution to the youth training of China's snooker. Since 2014, a total of 28 Chinese golfers have entered the professional arena, of which 9 are long-term students of the academy, of which 1 is a short-term student of the academy, the average age of these 10 people is only 21 years old, and the average age of their professional golfers is only 18 years old.
Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao used the final of the Master Ranking Tournament to present the best New Year's greeting to Chinese fans, and the final of the two was played in Chinese New Year's Eve, enjoying the game happily and applauding the new generation of Chinese snooker!