Champion 5 million, the first year of professionalism! On March 20, the 11th Qiao's Chinese Billiards International Masters Global Finals is about to kick off, and a few days ago, my sister posted an article "Who can win the first billiards championship of 5 million?" Once again, the name Gareth Potts was put on the hot search, and for this "hometown man from a foreign land", it can always enter the hearts of thousands of fans at this time.
How fierce is Potts? This seems to be an ongoing and endless problem.
Remember his Grand Finals debut?
His unique style of play, his "life-killing little putt", his unique cue ball control, and his unique kick-off method later known as "Potts Punch" and his super adaptability have soared to the top of the championship in one go, stirring up the bloody wind of the game and setting off a revolution in Chinese billiards. Records such as "Potts Rush", "Potts Rod" and "Triple Crown" are undoubtedly the basic data that everyone relies on the most. These words are unparalleled in the grand finals, and no one has surpassed them so far.
Remember his gold debut?
In the first game, he also tried various kick-off methods, but also made mistakes, hit the ball poorly, and was suppressed by Yang Fan at the worst time, and almost had no chance to play. However, none of this matters, what matters is his reversal of winning 14 consecutive rounds, and his form is "ignited" at that moment. Potts took just 25 rounds to make this shift. The "Battle of Tianwang Mountain" with Wu Zhenyu, 8 consecutive big gold strokes made history, forcing the ruthless "cold noodle killer" to retreat. The opponent is stupid, and so are the fans!
Remember his overwhelming line at the Challenge?
In the 21 Challenge races throughout the year, Potts flaunted his "king momentum" with 18 wins, a win rate of nearly 87%, he can beat Liu Haitao 13:5, and he can also sweep Zheng Yubo out 13:4; He can "seven blows up and four connections" to make Wang Yun have no power to fight back, and he can also cut Wu Hao down without a single blow in the audience... The glory of "12 consecutive wins" in the challenge has not been surpassed so far.
The emergence of Potts subverted the normal state of people's understanding of billiards, always thinking that what they knew was all about billiards, and later understood that it turned out that Chinese billiards can also be played like this! In 2013, this game of billiards began to quickly enter the field of vision, and also entered the picture of live sports, and the title of "God of War" appeared with all expectations and dazzling halos.
Some people say that Potts' stroke technique is not good, accuracy is not good, the game will only putt, and you can win all by kick-off. However, all these rhetoric were torn apart in the game. In terms of technique and tactics, in addition to maintaining the consistent "simplification" style, Potts is sharper in attack, his control of the cue ball is unique, there is no so-called big opening and closing, the cue ball's position line is within the controllable range, and his ability to flip the bag and unpack the ball is even more impeccable, and he used his strength to give the rumors a resounding slap in the face.
When the waves behind the altar are endless, Potts will inevitably be temporarily "ignored", and after three years, will he still be the "God of War" before? Everything becomes a cloud of mist.
On March 20th, the 11th Qiao's Chinese Billiards International Masters Global Finals gathered the world's top stars, hundreds of millions of spectators are eagerly awaiting, who can win the first billiards championship of 5 million? All the mysteries will be revealed at that time. Pay attention to Sleepy Yang Yang and understand the dynamic information of the event in the first time.