China’s world domination talks follow Zhao’s historic snooker title
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China's Xintong Zhao during his final match against Wales' Mark Williams. — Reuters/File
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Beijing-Zhu Zenatong’s historic World Snooker Championship title is ready to reach even higher heights in China and is ready to make predictions that the country can dominate the game.
On Monday, the 28 -year -old left hand defeated Mark Williams at the Crusbel Theater in Sheffield, becoming the first Asian to win Snooker’s biggest prize. Xiao celebrated the Chinese flag on his shoulders and returned home back home as a national hero, his victory is going viral on social media in the country.
In 2023, he has also banned nine months of suspension, nine other Chinese snooker players, for his minor participation in the batting scandal, he has been largely forgiven. The head coach of Beijing -based World Snooker Academy, who has trained most of China’s stars, including Zhu, told AFP, “My phone has not stopped ringing with media and parents’ calls.”
Snooker has long been highlighted by smoke -filled halves in China and was considered a fun for useless flows, which the parents hated as wasting time to school education. However, two decades ago, an 18 -year -old Ding Junhoi exploded on the scene, the game has accelerated, which defeated Stephen Hendry to win the China Open. Many professional Chinese players, including Xiao, affect Ding to take this game.
State media says more than 300,000 out of ten players in the world’s top 32 are proud of snooker or billiard clubs, which are more than 34,000 in 2005. State media says a report by Shang’s consultation industry in 2023 values the country’s Bladder Market, which includes 37 billion yuan ($ 5 billion) in 2023.
A copy of the Masters Trophy at the World Snooker Academy in Beijing, which is one of the most prestigious prizes of the snooker, is sitting on the display as an inspiration. Head Coach Zhang said, “Our focus is on youth training to help relieve poor habits in life and their snooker techniques, and absorb the positive effects during their development years.” Competition is the key to training, which has six internal tournaments in each semester at the academy.
Zhang said, although snooker still lacks dignity in China for Olympic events like table tennis and badminton, but in the past two decades there has been a “dramatic change”.
“The Chinese market is huge. Investors are in large quantities, they can support some tournaments, and the reward for competitions is high.” With qualifying programs for Snooker’s major tournaments, almost all in the UK, Chinese players usually become abroad when they become professional.
Many people end in the Sheffield north of England, some earn 17 years of age to pursue their snooker dreams. Zhao trains at the Chinese -driven Victoria Snooker Academy, a short distance from the crucifixion. In Sheffield, Lucky Watnini, manager of the Ding Jonahi Snooker Academy, told AFP, “The job of Chinese players is just incredible.”
“They play seven days a week, from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. I don’t see many English players doing so.” “Their sole purpose is to play Snooker,” he added about Chinese players. “
At the capital’s basement, Zhangking Bladder’s Club, 43 -year -old fan Xiang Jian pointed to the image of a young Xiao Zantong taken after his victory in the youth tournament a decade ago.
The young champion’s image is hanging on the wall with pictures of Ding and world stars such as Roni Oslovan, which Xiao defeated in the semi -finals of the tournament in Sheffield. Seven-time world champions O Sullivan has warned that the emerging skills in the UK are “thin on the ground”, especially compared to China-which he said about the Beijing government’s financing “is enlightening the champions”.
Fans and casual player Xiang said that China’s 1.4 billion wide population means “there will always be families that are ready to help their children on the Snooker’s way”. He added: “The current environment is different from the 1990s or early 2000s.”
Among the frames of the same snooker club, Jhu Guangki believes that Zhao’s Krosible victory “will have a profound impact on sports development in China”. He says Chinese players will dominate snooker within three to five years. He proudly said, “Chinese players have a world -class competitive potential.
