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Zhao's historic snooker win spells Chinese domination
Zhao Xintong's historic World Snooker Championship title is set to spur the game to even greater heights in China and sparked predictions the country could come to dominate the sport. The 28-year-old left-hander beat Mark Williams at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre on Monday to become the first Asian to clinch snooker's biggest prize.
Zhao Xintong becomes China’s first world snooker champion after comeback from ban
Zhao Xintong became the first Chinese player to win the World Snooker Championship with a victory over Welshman and three-times winner Mark Williams at the Crucible Theatre on Monday, the latest chapter in Zhao’s remarkable rise and fall story.
He could well be right. Half of those viewing the final on television are thought to have been in China, where, some ...
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Fresh off becoming the first Chinese player to win the World Snooker Championship, Zhao Xintong is eyeing more titles, hoping ...
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