Zhao Xintong, a 28-year-old Chinese snooker player, won the men's world snooker championship on May 5th, defeating three-time winner Mark Williams 18-12 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. This victory earned him £500,000 in prize money.
The win is significant because it means both the men's and women's world snooker champions are now from China. According to Jason Ferguson, chairman of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), this achievement will elevate the sport to a new level.
It has been a long time coming. On May 5th a soft-spoken, left-handed 28-year-old named Zhao Xintong (pictured) raised the famed trophy in the legendary Crucible Theatre in the northern English city of Sheffield, and was crowned men’s snooker champion of the world. He had defeated a three-time winner, Mark Williams, by 18 frames to 12, thereby pocketing £500,000 ($660,000) in prize money. “This is going to take snooker to another level,” Jason Ferguson, chairman of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (wpbsa), the sport’s governing body, told the bbc.
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