The 2021-2022 snooker World Championship is in full swing, china's two seeded players Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao performed strongly in the first round of the competition, the two defeated qualifiers Clark and Wei Kelin respectively, and advanced to the round of 16, especially the current Chinese snooker seed Zhao Xintong is the most eye-catching, the first round of the game effortlessly swept the powerful Clark 10:2, which is also the most disparity in the first round of the World Championships. This makes Chinese fans have more expectations for Zhao Xintong, after the first round of the Chinese snooker "iconic figure" Ding Junhui was out, today's Zhao Xintong has a posture of succeeding Ding Junhui, and many Chinese fans hope that she will carry the Chinese snooker flag and go further in the World Championships. On offense alone, Zhao Xintong's strength is actually not lost to Ding Junhui at his peak, but there is still a long way to go in the ball and defensive ability, which will determine Zhao Xintong's achievements in this World Championship and will also affect the achievements of Zhao Xintong's career.
In the past, the most representative figure of China's snooker was Ding Junhui, but in recent years, Ding Junhui has been hovering in the trough period, and the "post-00s" young player Yan Bingtao has high hopes for winning the 2021 Masters championship, but it is a pity that Yan Bingtao fell into mediocrity after winning the Masters championship. This season, Zhao Xintong has made a sudden appearance, he has won the British Championship and the German Masters championship, and the world ranking has jumped to the seventh place, and in the latest world ranking, Zhao Xintong's world ranking has reached the sixth place, and he will always be the highest ranked player among Chinese players in the next two years, and he is a veritable "new brother" of China's snooker. Because of this, Zhao Xintong has now been placed high hopes on by the majority of fans, and everyone expects Zhao Xintong to go further in this World Championship, even if this is only the second time that Zhao Xintong participates in the World Championship main match, three years ago Zhao Xintong scored into the World Championship main tournament, and the first round of the game was defeated by the world champion Selby in a good situation of 5:1, and missed the second round. At this World Championship, Zhao Xintong, who has already created the best record in his professional world championship, is expected to continue to refresh his personal best.
Born in Xi'an, China, and raised in Shenzhen, China, zhao xintong is an important regional center in China, and everyone expects Zhao Xintong to become a new leader in China's snooker. Zhao Xintong became famous very early, at the age of 13, he won the runner-up of the youth group of the Youth Championship, before the age of 18, he twice reached the final of the IBSF World Snooker Amateur Championship, in 2016 Zhao Xintong officially transferred to the professional snooker arena, two years later in the Chinese Championship, the 21-year-old Zhao Xintong successively defeated Mark Williams, Barry Hawkins and others to advance to the final four, this is the first time in Zhao Xintong's career to reach the top four of the ranking tournament, the next year Zhao Xintong further into the world championship main match, the first round of the competition made Selby break out in a cold sweat, Although it was ultimately defeated, it also brought more self-confidence to Zhao Xintong. Before this season, although Zhao Xintong did not win the ranking championship, he reached the quarterfinals and the top four of the ranking tournament many times, and was one of the most potential "hope stars" of China Snooker.
Zhao Xintong was born in a wealthy family, his father is the president of a hospital, his mother is the head nurse of the hospital, unlike Ding Junhui, who sold all his belongings to learn snooker when he was a child, Zhao Xintong had his own snooker table when he was very young, which also made Zhao Xintong's snooker talent revealed early. Because playing is purely a hobby, Zhao Xintong's playing style is very ethereal, he does not need to consider too many wins and losses, and Zhao Xintong is also called "Zhao Gongzi" by fans.
Zhao Xintong's playing style is quite appreciated by the "rocket" O'Sullivan, O'Sullivan has more than once expressed his love for Zhao Xintong in public, but then again, the charm of competitive sports is actually in winning and losing, Zhao Xintong still has to improve himself in playing style, after all, competitive sports events are not exhibition matches, Zhao Xintong must realize his sense of mission at this stage. Although There are many players playing in China's snooker at present, but there are not many top masters in the true sense, as Ding Junhui grows older and his state declines, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao must have the obligation to stand up and make greater contributions to the development of China's snooker, Zhao Xintong has such strength, he needs continuous progress and improvement.