On March 8, 2022, Beijing time, China's snooker sent two good news, the first is that Fu Jiajun announced on social platforms that he has signed up for this season's World Championships, which means that he will officially return at the end of the season. Secondly, on the first day of the Turkish Masters, the Chinese players maintained a total victory, Wu Yize scored the main competition, and Zhao Xintong, Si Jiahui and Lu Ning took the lead in advancing to the round of 32.
This season, Chinese players performed well, and Zhao Xintong and Fan Zhengyi became the champions of the Xinke Ranking Competition. At present, Chinese players with ranking championship titles include Ding Junhui, Fu Jiajun, Liang Wenbo, Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong and Fan Zhengyi, except for Fu Jiajun, other Chinese players are competing in professional competitions. Fu Jiajun was absent from the game for a long time for various reasons, in this case, the official issued him a wild card, and he still retained his professional qualifications.
After a long wait, Fu Jiajun is finally coming back, and he announced on social platforms that he has signed up for this season's World Championships. Fu Jiajun returned at the end of the season and will definitely play in the World Championship qualifiers, considering that he has been absent from the battle, it is indeed difficult to return to Crucible, and I wish him all the best.
In the ongoing Turkish Masters, Ding Junhui, Liang Wenbo, Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong and Fan Zhengyi joined hands to advance to the main competition, considering that O'Sullivan, Selby and Neil Robertson did not participate in the competition, the hope of Chinese players competing for the championship is indeed great. On the first match day, Lu Ning received the retirement gift and directly advanced to the round of 32, and Wu Yize defeated the amateur players and broke into the main competition. Youngster Scarlett competed as an amateur, beating seeded player Anthony McGill to advance to the round of 32.
Seeded player Zhao Xintong experienced a bitter battle, and he completed the reversal after falling behind 3-4, eliminating Michael White 5-4 and advancing to the round of 32. Everyone knows that Zhao Xintong is under the guidance of O'Sullivan, and he really should learn from O'Sullivan when it comes to defense and safety ball. O'Sullivan has said many times that Zhao Xintong is talented and very similar to his own style, so he is willing to guide him.
Against Michael White, many fans believe that Zhao Xintong is becoming more and more like O'Sullivan at some point. For example, after the opening, careless, looking east and west, somewhat light enemy feeling, and Zhao Xintong, although in a general state, can also complete a single-game reversal in the way of clearing the stage like O'Sullivan, such as the first inning, the opponent played a single 66 points, and Zhao Xintong reversed with a single 63 points, which was quite domineering.
In addition, Zhao Xintong's performance at key moments is also good, such as winning 2 consecutive sets after 3-4, the temperament is somewhat similar to O'Sullivan, or that sentence, the defensive side is a big gap with O'Sullivan, which is where he has to focus on learning. Through the first round will let Zhao Xintong release a lot of pressure, if you can find your own offensive rhythm next, the accuracy can also be greatly improved, Zhao Xintong will get better and better, I hope he can hit the championship again!