The 2022 Snooker Tour Championship is in full swing, and after the end of the first round, China's snooker youngster Zhao Xintong is once again on the cusp of the storm due to poor performances.
In the first round of the Tour Championship, Zhao Xintong's performance in the first stage was remarkable compared to the previous recovery, and successively blasted more than 100 to lead 5-3 into the final decisive stage.
However, the situation on the court changed after the return of the second stage of the game, John Higgins, who had not been able to find the best form in the first stage, won five consecutive sets, and although Zhao Xintong tried his best to drag the game into the decider, Higgins, who had been fully opened, would not let the opportunity slip away and finally reversed the promotion with a strong reversal of 10:9.
After the game, the domestic fans are very aware of the disorderly attack and careless mentality, which is the root cause of Zhao Xintong's big score lead and being tragically reversed, and the problem exposed is not the first time that Zhao Xintong has appeared in the lead.
There is no doubt that Zhao Xintong has won two ranking championships this season to make him the best performer of the Chinese snooker Army, but this does not mean that Zhao Xintong already has all the characteristics of a superstar, and Zhao Xintong needs to further improve in terms of concentration and mastery of the game initiative.
Take this tour championship, Zhao Xintong had the opportunity to end the game early with a bang, but after taking a big lead, Zhao Xintong thought he had won, and the attribute of letting down his vigilance was once again shown to think that as long as he scored one or two goals, the blind attack allowed Higgins to seize the opportunity and constantly find his hand The latest tragedy caused.
More importantly, the fans who stayed up late to watch the game until dawn were the most sad, and many fans after the game said that Zhao Xintong was really "too wave" and "too inexperienced" And young people will always pay a corresponding price.
After losing, Zhao Xintong also apologized to the fans who stayed up late to support him through social platforms, saying that he learned a lot through this game with Higgins, and claimed that the next World Championships will do their best to make everyone wait and see.
Objectively speaking, it is a good thing that Zhao Xintong can continue to maintain self-confidence without being affected by a temporary loss, but while always having self-confidence, he must also correctly face the problems of his own problems now, and cannot have the same problems over and over again.
From the perspective of the fans, a defeat is not a big deal, I hope that Zhao Xintong can adjust and improve the shortcomings of carelessness in time, and look forward to Zhao Xintong's early real entry into the ranks of top players.