On November 4, Beijing time, the 2021 Snooker England Open scored 32 into 16, and Zhao Xintong lost 3-4 to 17-year-old Paul Divel and missed the promotion. In the decider, Zhao Xintong's situation was very good, but there were major mistakes. In this game, the opponent became famous. On the official website, Paul Deville does not even have a photo. In addition, the world's 2nd Trump successfully advanced.
In this game, Zhao Xintong started passively, 40-63, 52-62, Zhao Xintong lost 2 consecutive sets, 0-2! But after that, Zhao Xintong was full of firepower, 72-38, 100-10, Zhao Xintong pulled the big score to 2-2! In the fifth set, Paul Deville won 75-39. In the sixth set, Zhao Xintong was full of firepower, with a single shot of 138 points, a big score of 3-3!
In the decider, the two sides are entangled in a fight, and the competition is white-hot. Paul Deville turned into defense after 33-19, after which, Zhao Xintong's bench attacked the red ball and opened the situation! In this way, Zhao Xintong's situation is very good, as long as he does not make mistakes, he can win the decisive game. Unfortunately, Zhao Xintong still made a major mistake. In the end, 17-year-old Paul Divel defeated Zhao Xintong and reached the round of 16!
Zhao Xin became famous as a young child, once won the second place in the youth group of the 2010 China Youth Championship and the champion of the Shenzhen Open, he studied under Wu Wenzhong, and was the disciple of Ding Junhui, Liang Wenbo, Tian Pengfei, Xiao Guodong and other famous players. In his career, Zhao Xintong has defeated Ding Junhui, and in the 2019 Guangzhou Central Championship, Zhao Xintong defeated Ding Junhui 5-3. However, Zhao Xintong has never reached the final of the ranking competition!
Today, Zhao Xintong has no chance to become the first Chinese player to qualify for the men's singles round of 16 of the Snooker England Open. The rest of the Chinese players, Ding Junhui, Yan Bingtao, Li Xing and Lu Ning, have not yet played.
The remaining 32-in-16 matches, the world's 2nd Trump beat Holworths 4-1 to easily qualify.
Ross Muir swept McGill 4-0, Tom Ford lost 3-4 to Mark King, Mark Davis 4-1 Vergail O'Brien, Accarni Sonshawar 2-4 Neil Robertson, Karen Wilson 4-3 Ben Wollaston, Barry Hawkins 1-4 Robbie Williams.