Nowadays, the hottest Chinese snooker player is undoubtedly Zhao Xintong, in an article published on the official social account of the World Taiwan Federation, Teacher Huo has begun to tout the model: Zhao Xintong will play 80% of the potential and will win 5-6 world championships.
You know, in the entire history of China's snooker, no one has ever touched the world championship, Ding Junhui once reached the final, but unfortunately lost to Selby and lost to the world champion. However, in the view of fire teacher O'Sullivan, as long as Zhao Xintong continues the current momentum, 5 world championships will start! Looking at the entire history of professional snooker, there are very few players who can win 5 World Championships, except for O'Sullivan himself, only billiards emperor Hendry, veteran king Steve Davis, Ray Reilton, John Pullman, Fred Davis, Joe Davis have done it.
In other words, in O'Sullivan's view, Zhao Xintong, who has 80% potential, can become one of the greatest players in snooker history.
It has to be said that Zhao Xintong is not only the hottest Chinese snooker player at present, but also one of the hottest players in the world, and zhao Xintong ranks second in the single-season ranking of this season, second only to Neil Robertson. This season, Zhao Xintong has won two championships at the British Championship and the German Masters.
In the first round of the Snooker World Championship that ended yesterday, Zhao Xintong also won 10-2 to advance, destroying Jamie Clark, who had entered the quarterfinals of the World Championships, and performed quite strongly! Entering the Round of 16 of the World Championships, Zhao Xintong also created a personal history, ushering in the first victory at the World Championships in Crucible.
In the next round, Zhao Xintong will face Maguire, the 6th champion of the ranking tournament, to compete for a place in the quarterfinals of the World Championships. In the first round, Maguire eliminated the previous runner-up Murphy, and performed equally well.
Moreover, Zhao Xintong lost 2-6 in the only matchup with Maguire in his career, but so what? Today's Zhao Xintong is in the limelight, is one of the hottest players this season, the one who lost 2-6 to Maguire was still in the distant 2016 British Championship, the value of reference is not big, moreover, Maguire has been without a title for 2 years since winning the 2020 Tour Championship! Zhao Xintong, continue to write history!