On the morning of March 29, Beijing time, the Snooker Tour Championship ended the first matchday competition. Today, mainland teenagers Zhao Xintong and Higgins compete for places in the final four. The Snooker Tour Championship is a tournament that only the top 8 players in a single season can participate in, and Zhao Xintong entered the tournament as the top seed with two titles, the British Championship and the German Masters. His opponent is Higgins, who has just won the £150,000 European Series Grand Prix.
Zhao Xintong and Higgins's match, played a lot of points, the two sides fought to the decider, in the end, although Zhao Xintong once led, but still by the experienced Higgins later caught up, 10-9 kill, unfortunately did not have the opportunity to qualify. Higgins, who successfully qualified, will be the winner of the next game between Little and Luca.
The game is divided into first and second halves, the first half starts at 20:00 on the evening of the 28th, and the second half starts at 2:30 a.m. on the 29th. In the first half, Zhao Xintong took a 5-3 lead. In the first set, Zhao Xintong scored 53 points with a single shot, and Higgins won the opening red for himself with a clean sheet. But in the second set, Higgins scored 63 points in return. In the third set, Higgins scored a single 58 points, but Zhao Xintong scored 68 points through multiple starts, leading again at 68-57. In the fourth inning, Higgins, not to be outdone, scored 69 points to equalize again.
In the fifth set, Zhao Xintong began to exert his strength, scoring 124 points in a single shot and keeping a clean sheet again at 125-0. In the sixth set, the two sides began to fight, and at the end of the inning, Zhao Xintong had a slight advantage, and finally won another set 65-54 to take the lead of two sets. In the seventh set, Zhao Xintong blasted out a single shot of 108 points, 108-19 to further expand the score. In the eighth inning, Skinnings played on the sidelines and returned the inning 64-26. At the end of the first half, Zhao Xintong led 5-3.
After half-time, Higgins still didn't feel very good. In the ninth inning, Higgins struggled to take back a set 66-56. In the tenth set, Zhao Xintong scored 92 points through multiple starts, leading two sets again. In the eleventh set, Zhao Xintong blasted out the third shot of the game to break the hundred, single shot 128 points, and once again kept a clean sheet on Higgins, further expanding the advantage. In the twelfth inning, Zhao Xintong continued to feel the feel, winning by 71 points in a single shot, extending the lead to 4 innings 92-20, and the score was 8-4.
In the thirteenth round, Zhao Xintong gradually became physically weak and could not keep up with his state. A lot of simple things started to appear. Although Higgins is not in very good shape, he still firmly grasps the opportunity with his experience and stable mentality. At the beginning of the thirteenth set, Higgins slowly mastered the rhythm of the game. First, through multiple starts, while playing on the side defense, 65-8 to win a set back. Then in the fourteenth set, the trick was repeated, and the 84-7 returned another set. In the fifteenth set, Higgins scored 56 points in one shot, chased another set, and officially opened the counterattack. Then in the sixteenth set, Higgins scored 83 points, chased another set 83-1, and chased four consecutive sets to tie the score to 8-8.
In the seventeenth inning, Zhao Xintong wanted to stabilize his mentality and take the lead again, but he was unable to return to heaven. Higgins scored 59 points at 73-27 and finally came back with match points in hand. In the eighteenth set, seeing that the advantage had turned into a disadvantage, Zhao Xintong gritted his teeth and let go, scoring 64 points in one shot, bringing the game into a 9-9 double match point decider. Halfway through the game, I thought that Zhao Xintong's winning rate was greater, but I didn't expect that Ginger was still old and spicy. In the decider, Higgins played side defense, killed Zhao Xintong 66-14, eliminated Zhao Xintong 10-9, and advanced to the next round.
After all, Zhao Xintong was participating in the tour tournament for the first time, and he was still relatively young, and his experience and physical strength were not enough to support him to bear such a long game, resulting in him having more than enough heart and insufficient strength in the later stage. However, Zhao Xintong scored 3 strokes to break 100 and 3 strokes to 50+ in this competition, and overall it is still very good. Higgins, who is not in good form, shot 6 shots of 50+, and in a situation where he was once behind, he reversed the wheel and once again showed the fans the style of the "veteran".
Tonight's game Robertson vs Allen, a pair of joyful rivals will be vying for a place in the final four, wishing the game well.