Many world champions praised Zhao Xintong! Celebrities call it god-like O'Sullivan, Ding Junhui 8-word evaluation. The 2022 Snooker German Masters has come to an end, Zhao Xintong defeated his friend Yan Bingtao 9-0 to win the second ranking championship of his career, while Zhao Xintong's world ranking also rose by one place, from the previous ninth place to the eighth place, and the runner-up Yan Bingtao also rose from the previous 15th to the 13th place, and the Chinese double star shines on the field.
This season, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao have performed well, and in the case that Ding Junhui has fallen out of the world's top 16, the two Chinese teenagers can still stabilize the ranking, which is really good. This Year's German Masters, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao all the way to a number of strong enemies, the world's first and second Selby and Trump have been eliminated by two Chinese young players, originally everyone thought that the final would be very intense, but the actual situation is just the opposite, Zhao Xintong occupied the initiative as soon as he came up, Yan Bingtao could only passively fight, and finally Zhao Xintong swept Yan Bingtao 9-0 and won the championship. In fact, this score should not be the embodiment of the true strength of the two, it can only be said that Yan Bingtao's state is not good enough, but Zhao Xintong showed the best state, so there will be such a disparity in the score. Several world champions also praised Zhao Xintong's performance, and Jimmy White said that according to Zhao Xintong's rhythm, opponents basically have no chance, and this ability is similar to O'Sullivan.
Mark Williams called Zhao a unique presence, unlike most of the players in the active squad, watching his game is incredibly smooth, if you can't adapt to his rhythm, then the opponent can only become the closest spectator, he is very similar to the old O'Sullivan. Williams then also said that if from the perspective of ornamentation, O'Sullivan's performance will be better than Zhao Xintong, but both are very good at controlling the situation on the field, which will make the game interesting and attract the attention of many people, before only O'Sullivan's game would attract his own money to watch, but now Zhao Xintong let everyone have more choices. Finally, Williams also said that this season so far, Zhao Xintong has a lot of outstanding performances, the attack is still accurate and smooth, the defense has also improved, after this season, Zhao Xintong will become a hot figure in the world stage, and he is curious about how many miracles he can create in the future.
Trump, who was eliminated by Zhao Xintong at the German Masters, exclaimed: "Is the new era coming?" It is worth mentioning that Ding Junhui also congratulated Yan Bingtao on social media for winning the championship, and there were 8 words of comment: "Not bad, continue to work hard." From the statements of these famous players, it can be seen that Zhao Xintong's performance is indeed outstanding, and he has been recognized by these famous players, hoping that he can achieve better results in the future.