A few days ago, Zhao Xintong connected with the domestic media and summed up the performance of this season, he affirmed his progress, but there are also many deficiencies. Looking ahead to next season, Zhao Xintong hopes to win the British Championship again, and then make a bigger breakthrough at the World Championships. For O'Sullivan's help and praise for him, Zhao Xintong was grateful, but the pressure on his body was also increasing.
Zhao Xintong used a fly in the ointment to describe the performance of this season, winning the British Championship and the German Masters championship consecutively, Zhao Xintong's career has made a major breakthrough, but Zhao Xintong's stability is lacking, and he has also suffered a round trip or early exit in several competitions. Zhao Xintong said that he knew where the shortcomings were, and the next main task was to make up for the shortcomings.
For the World Championships, Zhao Xintong also affirmed his breakthrough, the first time as a seeded player in the World Championships, reached the round of 16, which is a good result, but losing to Stephen Maguire is also a pity, Zhao Xintong believes that he has a chance to beat the opponent, and then play against O'Sullivan, for missing such an opportunity, Zhao Xintong is indeed a bit of a pity.
Speaking of O'Sullivan, Zhao Xintong is also excited, on the one hand, O'Sullivan is helping him, on the other hand, O'Sullivan is particularly optimistic about him. O'Sullivan has said many times that Zhao Xintong is a talented player, but his potential has not yet been fully developed, and he is also anxious for Zhao Xintong, so he will try to help Zhao Xintong. The two often train together, in fact, for O'Sullivan, training with young players may also get a lot of inspiration.
O'Sullivan has a high evaluation of Zhao Xintong, these words are spurs on Zhao Xintong, but also pressure, Zhao Xintong is also afraid that he can not reach the height of O'Sullivan's expectations, so he can only train hard and constantly improve. In daily life, Zhao Xintong and O'Sullivan are good friends, everything is talked about, before the start of the World Championships, Zhao Xintong also invited O'Sullivan to eat hot pot. Zhao Xintong said that O'Sullivan especially likes to eat hot pot, or Sichuan-Chongqing style hot pot, there is a week with him to eat four or five times, as a Chinese can not stand, O'Sullivan but nothing, like a child.
Finally, Zhao Xintong talked about the Chinese Legion, bluntly saying that everyone is very united, training together on a daily basis, and making progress together. He also had dinner with Ding Junhui several times, and for Liang Wenbo, who was in trouble, Zhao Xintong bluntly said that he could get out of the trough and have the strength to win more championships. As for the German Masters' clean sheet Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong believes that Yan Bingtao has not exerted his real strength and is too nervous. He trained with Yan Bingtao, prepared for the World Championships together, and even went to Crucible, where the two were still laughing in a locker room.
Next season, the British Championship system is reformed, Zhao Xintong's goal is to defend the title, in addition, he hopes to be more stable, and then make a bigger breakthrough at the World Championships. Wish Zhao Xintong all the best!