On February 5, the Turkish Masters Qualifier, a new major ranking tournament of the World Snooker Tour this season, entered its third matchday. Previously, the Chinese famous Zhao Xintong, who had just finished the Champions League winners' group competition, played against the world's nobody Heathcote, who was only 98th in the world ranking, and as a result, he once again staged the "five whips" in the case of losing one set first, including two 50+, the foreign coach blasted out two shots to break the hundred, the five consecutive wins completed the reversal, the big score was 5-1 victory over the opponent, successfully advanced to the main game, the first round will be against Welsh good Michael White.
The Turkish Masters is a new ranking tournament on the World Snooker Tour this season, with a prize money of up to £100,000, the main tournament will be held in Antalya, Turkey, from March 7 to 13, because the main tournament has only 64 seats, so it will need to be a qualifier, the top four seeds of the qualifiers and wild cards will be played during the main tournament. Of the world's top 16 seeds, only O'Sullivan was absent, and the others all signed up. With as many as 25 players in the Chinese team competing for the main tournament, Ding Junhui will face Padget in the first round, while Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao are all unknown English players.
As the player with the best form and momentum in the Chinese legion and the highest ranking (eighth) in the world, Zhao Xintong is undoubtedly the most concerned. At last week's German Masters, he staged the final China derby with Yan Bingtao and delivered a 9-0 sweep to win his second ranking title of the season and the second in his career. Two days ago, he participated in the Champions League winners' group showdown, he won the final qualification with the previous group stage champion, but unfortunately, he performed poorly in the round robin, and finally ranked fifth, failed to advance to the final four, thus missing the opportunity to win consecutive championships, but he showed the state in the game, but also played a training effect for the qualification of the Turkish Masters.
Facing world no. 103 England player Louis Heathcott, Zhao Xintong encountered a little trouble at first, and was given a dismount by his opponent's single shot of 77 points. However, the game quickly entered his rhythm, scoring 54 points to win the second set. In the third inning, the 101 points directly broke the 100-zero seal, and the fourth set of 51 points again exceeded the score, leading 3-1 at halftime. Rest back, Zhao Xintong and the next set, the sixth set directly sent out a hundred, a single shot 105 points of zero seals, and finally five consecutive sets, achieved a wave of magical performance, the big score was fixed at 5-1, Zhao Xintong easily advanced to the round of 64, will be in the first round against the Welsh famous player, now an amateur Michael White.