On January 31, 2022, the snooker German Masters came to an end, two Chinese players staged a derby to compete for the final championship, the result was that Zhao Xintong won nine consecutive sets, swept Yan Bingtao 9-0, won the second ranking championship of his career, and won the cup again after the British Championship, this result also surprised the outside fans, no one thought that Yan Bingtao did not win a game this time.
This is the first time that two Chinese players have competed for the championship in the German Masters, and looking back at the road of promotion between the two sides, Zhao Xintong eliminated Mark 5-3 in the first round. Williams beat Tom 5-1 in the second round. Forde, who swept Trump 5-1 in the third round, beat Richie 6-3 in the semi-finals. Wharton, Zhao Xintong won the British Championship last year, ranking in the top ten in the world rankings, becoming the leader of China's new generation of snooker.
Yan Bingtao eliminated Gilbert 5-3 in the first round, defeated Selby 5-4 in the second round, and narrowly defeated Ryan 5-4 in the third round. Dai, who beat Mark 6-4 in the semi-finals. Allen, Yan Bingtao since winning the Masters championship, confidence has been improved, not only three consecutive wins over Selby, but also many times in the ranking tournament to achieve good results, the overall performance is very stable, of course, this final his performance is out of standard, did not play a high level.
Career record, the two won a tie, but did not expect Yan Bingtao in the final no state, many mistakes to send a big gift, was fully suppressed by Zhao Xintong, it was difficult to play a 60 points, the result was reversed by Zhao Xintong's single innings, the first half of the eight innings, Zhao Xintong blasted out a single shot of 118 points, 89 points, 82 points, 74 points, 70 points, 68 points, the feel of the hot hand to comprehensively suppress the opponent.
Chinese players once had a final was kept a clean sheet experience, the European Masters Zhou Yuelong 0-9 defeat robertson, in everyone's view Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao's strength should be relatively close, no one expected the end of the first half, Yan Bingtao will lose eight consecutive sets, Zhao Xintong is full of momentum, many times completed the single shot to win, Yan Bingtao is not without a chance, or the problem of positioning, there is a chance but can not grasp.
After the start of the second half, many fans on the scene cheered for Yan Bingtao, Yan Bingtao scored red balls twice, but there was no color ball to connect, and then Yan Bingtao made a major mistake in defense, Zhao Xintong ended the game with 63-31, and finally swept Yan Bingtao 9-0 to win the championship.
Zhao Xintong won the championship to create five records, the first player to win the title of the German Masters clean sheet opponent, the second Chinese player to win the German Masters, the second Chinese player who won the championship twice in a single season, the third Chinese player who won the ranking championship twice, and finally he defeated the Chinese player to win the ranking championship, the same thing, only Ding Junhui has done it before.