The 2022 Snooker World Championship continued at the Sheffield Crucible Theatre, and the Chinese prodigy Zhao Xintong, who had high hopes, made a strong start, playing a terrifying offensive data of 2 shots to break 6 and 50+, sweeping Clark 10-2 and winning the first victory of the career World Championship, so the disparity also copied Ding Junhui's magical performance at the 2011 World Championships.
Chinese genius Zhao Xintong has long been regarded as the new generation of snooker's heavenly king players, but after entering the professional game, the first few years did not set off much waves, just when all fans thought that Zhao Xintong was going to hurt Zhongyong, this season is ushered in a strong outbreak, winning the British Championship and the German Championship two ranking championships, Chinese players have only ding Junhui completed the performance of two championships in a single season, the world ranking into the top ten to get the World Championship seed seat, but also after 2019 to compete in the World Championships again. In the first round, Zhao Xintong's opponent was Clark, who advanced to the qualifiers.
The first round of the World Championship adopts a 19-game 10-win format, directly into the specifications of the final of the general ranking tournament, Zhao Xintong, who has won the championship twice, is more and more accustomed to the long-term system, and quickly suppresses the opponent with attack in the opening stage, scoring a single 98 points in the first set, and then scoring 57 points and 73 points in a row to get a 3-0 lead. Clark won the fourth set to win the fourth set, and then Zhao Xintong continued to maintain super offensive firepower, shooting 109 points, 78 points and 103 points to break the hundred, and gained a huge advantage of 7-2 at halftime.
In the second half of the matchday, Zhao Xintong did not give his opponent the slightest chance, and he quickly expanded his advantage by playing a single 88 points in the 10th inning, and then scored 82 consecutive points to win the 11th set, 9-2 easily won the match point. Clark, who was far behind by a large score, had no intention of fighting, Zhao Xintong won the 12th set 67-40, and swept the opponent 10-2 on aggregate to advance to the second round, ushering in his first win in the world championship of his career, and the second round opponent will be between Murphy and Maguire.
Copy Ding Junhui's 11-year past life championship achievements
Zhao Xintong's strong performance this season has become a favorite to win the World Championship, and the first round of performance really lived up to expectations, facing the powerful Clark to play a crushing performance, and the 10-2 score is extremely rare in the World Championships of Chinese players. Looking back at the performance of Chinese players in the first round of the World Championships, the first time to play a big score to crush the victory was Fu Jiajun, in the first round of 2006 10-3 swept McManus, followed by Ding Junhui in 2010, when he faced Pettman with a 10-1 score difference, which was also the biggest point difference victory of the Chinese players in the first round of the World Championships so far, Ding Junhui swept Burnett 10-2 in the first round in 2011, and Fu Jiajun beat Alberton 10-2 in the first round in 2016. In the first round of the 2018 World Championships, Ding Junhui defeated Xiao Guodong 10-3, and Zhao Xintong's 10-2 victory in this tournament was second only to Ding Junhui's performance in 2010, equalizing his victory in the first round of the 2011 World Championships, which was only the first victory of zhao Xintong's career world championships.
Zhao Xintong has the first chance to impact the world
Chinese youngster Zhao Xintong ushered in a big victory in the first round of the World Championships, and there is currently a possibility, that is, if Zhao Xintong wins the championship, he has the opportunity to impact the world's first position, the current Zhao Xintong temporary points are ranked 6th, the total number of points is 4345000 there is less than 500,000 pounds away from the top of the list, in theory, Zhao Xintong has the opportunity to reach the top of the world, if the Chinese prodigy really soars, it will become another important moment in the history of China's snooker, and the status can rival or even surpass Ding Junhui.