On May 1, Beijing time, the 1/4 finals of the Snooker World Championship have ended, in the two matchups that have attracted much attention, Zhao Xintong was full of firepower and defeated the dark horse Wakelin 13-5, and Rocket O'Sullivan defeated Si Jiahui 13-9, so that Zhao Xintong and O'Sullivan met in the semifinals, and the two competed for a final seat, which attracted strong attention, and after the game, O'Sullivan also talked about Zhao Xintong, and was asked if Zhao Xintong could win the World Championships? O'Sullivan gave his own answer, let's take a look!
Zhao Xintong participated in the World Championships as an amateur player, and the result was a very crazy performance, winning all 4 games in the qualifying round to get the ticket to the main match, and then defeating Jack Jones, capturing teammate Lei Peifan, defeating Wakelin to reach the semifinals, winning a wave of 7 consecutive wins, this semi-final is also Zhao Xintong's career best record in the World Championships, and it is also the first amateur player to achieve the semi-finals can be called history. Directly announce the prize money of 100,000 pounds for this semi-final, which unfortunately counts towards next season's standings!
After O'Sullivan defeated the Chinese player Si Jiahui 13-9, he will face off against the Chinese player again, and Zhao Xintong will compete for the right to the final.
However, before the game, O'Sullivan also talked about Zhao Xintong, when asked whether Zhao Xintong could win the World Championships, O'Sullivan said: It's hard to say, although Zhao Xintong is a talented player, but talent is far from enough, and you need to have full tenacity to win the World Championships!
It can be seen that O'Sullivan did not have an accurate answer, as for whether Zhao Xintong can win the World Championships, it depends on whether his defense can be improved, and whether he has perseverance, Zhao Xintong will challenge O'Sullivan at 20 o'clock tonight, let us look forward to the arrival of the game, come on!
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