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Who is Zhao Xintong? Chinese star dominating Ronnie O'Sullivan at World Snooker Championship

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Who is Zhao Xintong? Chinese star dominating Ronnie O'Sullivan at World Snooker Championship

It takes something truly special to overshadow the iconic Ronnie O’Sullivan at the World Snooker Championship, but Zhao Xintong is managing to achieve just that.

The Rocket was simply blown away in a scintillating second session of their semi-final clash on Friday, with his confident, in-form opponent leaving both the Crucible and wider television audience in awe as he whitewashed the seven-time champion 8-0 to take a commanding 12-4 lead heading into the evening, moving only five frames away from victory in the best-of-33 showdown.

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