At present, one of the most important events in Snooker, the World Championship, known as one of the three major competitions, is in full swing. Four Chinese snooker players entered the round of 32, namely seeded players Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, and Chinese snooker brothers Ding Junhui and Lu Haotian, who played all the way from the qualifiers. In the competition that has been played, Zhao Xintong has made a good start for the Chinese players, defeating Clark, who had been lying on the ground celebrating in the qualifiers, with a score of 10:2, and advancing to the round of 16. Zhao Xintong's promotion set his own three major records at the World Championships. The reason why Zhao Xintong was able to qualify strongly, looking at a detail of his game and his response to O'Sullivan, he may be able to find the answer. And the fans are laughing after Zhao Xintong's opponent is determined in the next round: Zhao Gongzi is really a bit busy in the next round of opponents, just let Pogba injured and angrily pounded the ground in the Premier League, and now he wants to play a gentlemanly role on the snooker stadium.
For China's snooker, after more than ten years of development and efforts, it still has a certain position in the world snooker industry, and many large and small champions have also won a lot. But fans regret that the names of Chinese players have not yet been engraved on the most important world championship crown. Even If it is a Chinese brother Ding Junhui, since his debut, he has won more than a dozen championships, the British Championship and the Masters in the three major competitions, he has also collected the trophy. But it is this world championship champion that has never been able to achieve his wishes, which has become Ding Junhui's biggest dream in his snooker career.
Prior to this, domestic fans pinned their hopes for winning the World Championship on Ding Junhui. However, with the rise of Zhao Xintong this season, in his current state, it seems more likely to win the World Championship before Ding Junhui. Before the start of this World Championship, Zhao Xintong said in an interview with the media that he would become the first player in China to win the World Championship. Yes, today's Zhao Xintong is no longer the Zhao Xintong of the past. This season, Zhao Xintong is in good shape and has won the British Championship and the German Masters. This also made Zhao Xintong's confidence soar, which can be seen from the details of his game.
In the first round against Clark, Zhao Xintong can be said to have not given his opponent any chance. Facing the player who eliminated the world champion Dort to advance to the main game, Zhao Xintong played well, playing a very wonderful performance in the first half, directly leading 7:2. It can be said that after the first stage of the game, Zhao Xintong has actually entered the round of 16. Sure enough, after the second phase began, Clark had clearly given up. The three sets of the game ended after less than 50 minutes, and Zhao Xintong played three consecutive sets, and finally defeated the opponent with a large score of 10:2, and advanced to the round of 16. After the promotion, Zhao Xintong did not show great excitement, but just waved to the audience, very calm. In his opinion, the victory was expected.
This time in the promotion, Zhao Xintong can be said to have created a new result in the World Championships. It was his first win at the World Championships. Prior to that, he had competed in the World Championships, but was eliminated outright by Selby. His victory also made him the 9th Chinese player to win the World Championships, the top 8 being Ding Junhui, Fu Jiajun, Liang Wenbo, Cao Yupeng, Xiao Guodong, Yan Bingtao, Zhou Yuelong and Lu Haotian.
In fact, Zhao Xintong is not only favored by fans, but even Snooker legend O'Sullivan is also very optimistic about him. During the World Championships, O'Sullivan publicly stated that Zhao Xintong may be the greatest player snooker has ever played. You know, just a few days ago, O'Sullivan publicly mocked Robertson, who is currently the hottest in form, saying that he still has a very big distance from the great player: "You are not in the scope of this discussion, man. The contrast between the two shows O'Sullivan's preference for Zhao Xintong. After seeing O'Sullivan's praise, Zhao Xintong directly responded with four words: continue to refuel. Judging from this response, Zhao Xintong himself has the confidence to become a "great player" in O'Sullivan's mouth.
Shortly after Zhao Xintong advanced to the round of 16, his opponent on the way to the promotion was released, that is, Maguire, who eliminated world champion Murphy. Seeing this name, many fans laughed, because the captain of the Premier League Manchester United team is also called Maguire, and Maguire is still the favorite object of ridicule among fans today. In the last round, Maguire was fighting for a corner when a strange scorpion swung its tail and kicked Pogba in the head. This made Pogba extremely angry, pounding his emotions. Therefore, some fans joked that Maguire is a bit busy, just kicked his teammates in the Premier League, and now he is going to be a gentleman at the snooker table.