At 21:00 on January 30, the final of the 2022 Snooker German Masters was unveiled, and the champion belonged to the Chinese players. This is a re-enactment of the Chinese derby in the final of the ranking tournament after 9 years, whether it is Zhao Xintong or Yan Bingtao winning the championship, the event will give birth to a new king.
The German Masters final is 9 wins in 17 sets, with eight sets played in the first stage tonight and the second stage playing in the early hours of tomorrow morning. Zhao Xintong eliminated Mark Williams and Trump 2 world champions in the first three rounds, and played against Black Marić Walton in the semi-finals, losing 5 consecutive sets 1-3, breaking 100 clean sheets in the 9th set, and finishing the battle 6-3 for the second time to qualify for the ranking finals.
Yan Bingtao's promotion journey is much more sinister than Zhao Xintong's, he reversed the kills Selby and Ryan Day in the 2nd and 3rd rounds respectively, and the semi-final and Masters champion Mark Allen was difficult to score, and finally relied on the 3 snookers in the 10th set to overturn the opponent 6-4, reaching the final for the first time this season.
At this point, the ranking final has reappeared in the Chinese derby after 9 years. In the final of the 2013 Shanghai Masters and International Championships, Ding Junhui won consecutive victories over Xiao Guodong and Fu Jiajun to reach the top. Now that Ding Junhui is magical, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, two new generation players, have taken over the banner of Big Brother and become the mainstay of China's snooker. At present, Zhao Xintong ranks 9th in the world, Yan Bingtao ranks 15th in the world, Zhao Xintong is good at winning with a single shot, and Yan Bingtao's psychological quality is super first-class, just like Xiao Qiang, who can't die, and can always win in chaos. Whoever can play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses in this game will unlock the 2nd crown of the ranking tournament.
The two sides fought in the first set, Zhao Xintong suppressed the opponent on the offensive end, Yan Bingtao could not play a smooth attack, and lost the first set 36-91 unfavorably. The long-term final is a great test of the stability of the players, Yan Bingtao still has the opportunity to reverse defeat into victory, and whether Zhao Xintong can continue the fiery feel to the end must also be marked with a question mark.
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