ZHAO XINTONG is on the point of making snooker historical past on the World Snooker Championship.
Nevertheless, return 12 months and as a substitute of a snooker desk, the Chinese language cueist was strolling his canine round in a pram.
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The 28-year-old ended his afternoon session in opposition to Mark Williams needing only one body to be topped world champion after racing right into a 17-8 lead.
However as he seems to turn out to be the primary ever champion from Asia, Zhao’s circumstances couldn’t have been extra totally different.
Zhao was in the midst of a 20-month ban due to his involvement in a snooker corruption probe – though he didn’t instantly repair a match.
The suspension meant Xintong was stripped of his place on the skilled circuit and relegated to beginner standing.
He regained his place by the Q Tour and got here by FOUR matches in qualifying for the Crucible.
However one yr in the past, Zhao was busy posting pictures of his Pomeranian on Instagram.
His first photograph with the pet seems to have come from October 2023 when Zhao shared a snap of himself sitting subsequent to it, merely captioned with a canine emoji.
In posts since then, he has been seen on walks with the canine in Shanghai, China, because it sported some cute yellow boots.
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And final Spring as Kyren Wilson was topped world champion on the Crucible, Zhao was sharing snaps of his fluffy canine as he took it round in a pram, together with one other photograph of it winking on the digital camera.
Canine-lover Zhao has additionally shared pictures of his pet whereas he jets across the globe, describing it as “tremendous cute”, together with pictures of him having fun with a sundown by a lake in his homeland.
After returning to the snooker tour as an beginner, Zhao was seen cuddling his canine in a submit in March.
In a while he shared pictures of the pair going for a stroll round London and stress-free earlier than the beginning of the World’s.
Zhao beat Ronnie O’Sullivan 17-7 within the semi-final to succeed in the ultimate however again in Might 2022 was seen having fun with dinner with the seven-time world champion because the Rocket cuddled his personal canine.
The 49-year-old had stated that yr that his new canine had “restored my religion in life”, so Zhao’s determination to get a canine might have been partly impressed by O’Sullivan’s glowing assessment.
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A brand new world champion can be topped this yr after Kyren Wilson crashed out within the first spherical.
Ronnie O’Sullivan was eyeing a report eighth world title however crashed out by the hands of the good Zhao Xintong – who reached the ultimate qualifying as an beginner after his ban.
The Chinese language cueist takes on veteran Mark Williams in a blockbuster Crucible last after the Welshman knocked out World No1 Judd Trump.
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