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Zhao Xintong served a 20-month sport ban after being caught in a scandal with matching matches
Who is the first Chinese champion in snooker Zhao Xintong and why did he serve a 20-month ban on sports?
Zhao was named the first Chinese Snooker World Champion after withstanding the excitement Return of Mark Williams to complete a win of 18-12 at Crucible.
The 28-year-old earned a well-known trophy and check at £ 500,000, also became the only third qualifier and the first amateur player to triumph at Crucible, losing his tour in January 2023.
Zhao admitted that the party sought to repair or seek to repair the two matches involved in his compatriot Yan Bingto, a former winner of Masters.
He was one of the 10 Snooker Chinese players who were involved in an investigation to set up matches, but received the shortest suspension handed over by WPBSA. It was revealed that Zhao was breaking “a party on another player who repaired two games”, as well as setting up a bet on a snooker match. He also had to pay £ 7,500 for his part in surgery.
Despite the frequent expression of the way out of his involvement, there may be some who believe that his triumph is stunned.
Seeking for my 20-month ban that expired in September, Zhao said: “I had almost two years without playing on tour, which is why I said that my first target was to qualify for Crucible.
“I can’t believe I continued the champion, but now I’m back and I want to move on.”
Ronnie O’Sullivan spoke about Zha’s ban from sports
Ronnie O’Sullivan said, “Yes, I think it was unhappy for some of the boys. I don’t think they were interfered with what I gather. So, some of them, just think, it was really sharp for them. I don’t know full of the fact that I am honest with you. But he’s just caught up.”
Zhao will go home to China to show the trophy this week and enjoy the triumph that has long arrived, as the original Chinese Snooker Trailblazer Ding Junhui won the first of his three career titles in 2005.
However, Ding arrived at Crucible, and when the second main winner of China, Yan Bingdda, champion 2021. Masters, banned by 2027 due to his participation in the match affair, there was a real fear that Chinese love relationship with sports – and his lucrative earning potential could be the culmination.
Points and reward money
Jason Ferguson, president of the Global Management Body of Sport Sport, WPBSA, says Zhao deserves to keep points after he has re -secured his tour via Q Tour, not in Sheffield.
Ferguson said about the scandal with finding matches: “Such things happen in all sports and that is how you manage it. It is a disaster when it first happens, but we soon returned to the Chinese market.
“We worked together with the players to make sure the same mistakes are not repeated. We are extremely sure that the sport has gone through it and can only see it going forward.”
Zhao beat Mark Williams to secure a world title and become the first winner of the tournament from China
BBC Pundit Ken Doherty expressed concern that some players were “set up in weapons”, stating that among the professionals, disagreement was disagreed with Zhao’s Crucible earnings, which is one of his ranking.
“The big question at the moment refers to prize money,” said the 1997 World Champion. “Many players are a bit on the weapon. The rules may have changed, if winning the championship, it retains rewarding money, when he should scratch when he takes his tour.”
His victory over Williams was the ninth of the tournament, a record for any champion, and 47 in 49 matches since he came back to return with 3-0 ivory of Lithuanian Vilius Schulte-Ebbert in an unfortunate environment of Quiary in Sofia in September.
The heir obviously
After moving to the United Kingdom title in 2021, there was a fear that Zha’s ban could destroy the career of a player they picked up like O’Sullivan and Jimmy White that he was singled out as a future star shortly after handing over the first tour to him in 2016, and the triple winner Williams He sat down “after he was okay,” he sat down, “he described” after he was fine, and he sat down, “he described,” after he was okay, and he sat down, “he describes,” he describes, “describing him.
“What is Potter Zhao,” Welshman Williams said. “I’m glad to be too old when he dominates the game. I have nothing but admiring what he did, passing through qualifications. He did not play for two years, he hit everything. There’s a new super -star game.”
Williams later added, “It’s good to watch like O’sullivan when he was younger. He just walks around the table and pots from anywhere like he doesn’t care in the world.
“Xintong will now be a national hero. It will be on the front page of each news and I’m sure there are Chinese companies ready to throw the multil on it.
“It’s great that our sport has someone on top that attacks and so young.”
New era of Chinese stars
Called ‘The Cyclone’, Zhao’s breakthrough victory in Sheffield was placed in the bright new era of Chinese stars.
He is one of the five Chinese players who ended the season in the top 16 in the world of 16, and one of 14, who currently inhabited the top 50 of the world’s 50 – all of which were under 30.
Wu yize
Wu Yize scored two rank finals this season
The 21-year-old from Lanzhou broke through the top 20 of the world after reaching two finals this season, losing to Neil Robertson and Lei Peifan in English or Scotland. High, quickly pushed Mark Williams in the first round in Sheffield this year, expanding the eventual finalist to a 10-8 defeat.
Yuan Sijun
Yuan Sijun joined the tour as a 17-year-old in 2017
Yuan joined the tour as a 17-year-old in 2017 and it didn’t take a long time before his praise of some greats of the game rang in his ears. Yuan quickly bounced off his relegation during a covid, and last season they won decisive frames over Mark Allen and Neil Robertson on the way to the semifinals of German masters.
Gao yang
Yang Gao is an offensive left back that boasts more world junior titles
Attacking the left back, which boasts more world junior titles, the 20-year-old will return to the main tour next season after winning WSF World Crown in February. Gao informed Gao of his intention in this year’s Crucible qualifications while hitting former semi-finalist Stephen Maguire 10-3 before losing his decision on Lei Peifan’s final frame.
Lei Peifan
Lei Peifan has escaped this season Scottish Open
21-year-old Lei became the lowest player who won the title in more than 30 years when he triumphantly at this season’s Scottish Open, breaking past Allen and Shaun Murphy in deciding the frame. Lei showed his solid temperament this year at Crucible by ejecting champion defenders Kyren Wilson through the second decision on the day of the opening.
He guoqiang
Guoqiang has won the prestigious title of rookie year
The 24-year-old from Hunan has already compiled an impressive list of scalp. In his first season, Kyren Wilson sank on the tour and blew Mark Williams in German masters to win the prestigious title of Novak year. He followed this season with two wins over Ronnie O’Sullivan in the Championship and The English Open.
