On May 4, 2022, the World Snooker Tour officially entered an off-season of about two months, recently, Zhao Xintong, the champion of the Xinkeying Championship and the champion of the German Masters, accepted a video interview with the domestic media to comment and summarize his performance throughout the season and in the World Championships, Zhao Xintong said that although he won two championships in the whole season, there were also fly in the ointment, and the focus of the new season was to improve the shortcomings. He also talked about the contact between Yan Bingtao, O'Sullivan and other players, and special comments responded to some untold stories of Yan Bingtao who kept a clean sheet 9-0 in the final of the German Masters at that time.
Zhao Xintong is a mainland 90s snooker rookie, after turning into a profession in 2016 has not been particularly outstanding results, because its gorgeous playing style and results do not match, in recent years has been criticized, this season Zhao Xintong finally with two championships back to question, the world ranking soared to the world's sixth, in one fell swoop became the focus of China's snooker. In this year's World Championships, it is also a refresh of his best record in Crucible, although he lost Maguire to stop in the round of 16, but fully exposed his shortcomings and shortcomings in the competition, which is conducive to targeted improvement in future competitions.
Zhao Xintong said in an interview that the whole season is a fly in the ointment, although he won the British Championship and the German Masters two championships, but in other competitions there will still be a round of tours, two rounds of tours from time to time, but the harvest is also to let himself know the shortcomings, so the next hope to make up for it through training, I believe that I will do better, the new season focuses on improving the shortcomings. When talking about O'Sullivan's help to himself, Zhao Xintong especially thanked O'Sullivan, and revealed that O'Sullivan likes to eat hot pot very much, and usually talks like a child when chatting with him, and what is happy and unhappy will tell himself.
When the host threw out the embarrassing question of "9-0 Yan Bingtao", Zhao Xintong did not hesitate to say that although he played 9-0, Yan Bingtao did not play his own level throughout the game, and he could feel that Yan Bingtao was in a more nervous state, and at halftime, he suggested that Yan Bingtao should not be too nervous and enjoy the first final between the two. Finally, Zhao Xintong revealed that in addition to snooker, he will also pay attention to football, and is a fan of Manchester United and Ronaldo. Looking forward to the new season, Zhao Xintong still hopes to win something in Fudi York and go further in the World Championships.