On the evening of February 8, the snooker Players Tournament continued, with China's TOP16 double stars Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao simultaneously playing in the top 8. Zhao Xintong only played 1 shot 50 + 1-3 in the first 4 innings, and must rebound strongly to reverse the promotion; Yan Bingtao slammed 2 strokes to break the 1004-1 lead, ranking among the top 8 is almost a foregone conclusion.
Zhao Xintong has been crazy this season, winning the trophy at the British Championships and the German Masters, and is the only golfer to win the ranking championship for 2 times. Hawkins is the 3rd champion of the ranking tournament, and the Masters finalist lost to Robertson and still failed to break the 3-tournament championship drought. Zhao Xintong beat Hawkins 6-1 in the semi-finals of this season's British Championship to reach the final, and the England veteran is eager to avenge his opponents in the Players' Championship.
Hawkins has a solid offensive and defensive style, taking advantage of Zhao Xintong's poor hand to take a 3-1 lead in the first four innings tonight, and the Chinese Rockets only played a single 56 point in the third inning. After the game restarted, Zhao Xintong played a violent attack, blasting a single 90-point clean sheet to win the second win tonight, and there is still hope for a 2-3 deficit reversal.
The current single-shot highest score of this players tournament is Karen Wilson's 141 points, but unfortunately, Hege lost Robertson 4-6 in the first round. Yan Bingtao and Gilbert played 3-1 in the first four innings and blasted a 100. In the 5th set, Yan Bingtao was full of firepower, still cleared the stage in the case of bad ball shape, played a single shot of 135 points to create the current single high score of this tournament, 4-1 ahead of Gilbert, is about to become the 3rd person to enter the top 8, come on!
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