Zhao Xintong gained on the Q Tour for the third time on the trot with victory over Ryan Thomerson on Sunday in Austria.
The Chinese language cueist scored breaks of 123, 101, and a tournament-high contribution of 142 to beat the Australian with a 4-2 scoreline within the ultimate.
Zhao, who returned from his betting-related ban in September, has now gained 24 matches in a row on the feeder beginner circuit.
Earlier on the Nationwide Coaching Academy in Vienna, Zhao beat Steven Hallworth within the final 16 earlier than combating again from 3-0 all the way down to deny Matthew Glasby within the quarter-finals.
Zhao made breaks of 102, 99, 82, and 62 to hammer Sean O’Sullivan within the penultimate spherical after which noticed off the problem of Thomerson.
Victory at Q Tour 5 comes quickly after he emerged with the silverware at Q Tour 3 in Stockholm and Q Tour 4 in Manchester.
The 27 year-old is now in prime place to finish the Q Tour rankings in first place, which might safe him an automated ticket again to the principle tour.
Previous to his ban, Zhao had been thought of essentially the most promising younger participant within the sport.
He gained the 2021 UK Championship and backed it up a few months later with a second rating title on the German Masters.
Zhao was invited to take part on the latest version of the UK Championship on the again of his success on the Q Tour.
Starting within the first of 4 qualifying rounds, he went all the way in which to York the place he was narrowly crushed within the first spherical by Shaun Murphy.
Along with his newest Q Tour triumph, he seems to be sure to be mixing it with the professionals on a extra common foundation once more from subsequent season.
Q Tour Occasion 5
Chosen Outcomes
Final 16
Zhao Xintong vs Steven Hallworth
Matthew Glasby vs Joshua Thomond
Sean O’Sullivan 4-3 Iulian Boiko
Patrick Whelan 4-2 Andres Petrov
Ryan Thomerson 4-3 Mateusz Baranowski
Liam Highfield 4-1 Oliver Sykes
Asutosh Padhy 4-3 Umut Dikme
Hayden Staniland 4-1 Aaron Busuttil
Quarter-Finals
Zhao Xintong 4-3 Matthew Glasby
Sean O’Sullivan 4-1 Patrick Whelan
Ryan Thomerson 4-1 Liam Highfield
Hayden Staniland 4-0 Asutosh Padhy
Semi-Finals
Zhao Xintong 4-0 Sean O’Sullivan
Ryan Thomerson 4-2 Hayden Staniland
Closing
Zhao Xintong 4-2 Ryan Thomerson
European Q Tour Rankings
1. Zhao Xintong – £9,000
2. Dylan Emery – £4,100
3. Ryan Thomerson – £3,900
4. Andres Petrov – £3,600
5. Craig Steadman – £3,100
6. Ryan Davies – £2,800
7. Sean O’Sullivan – £2,100
8. Steven Hallworth – £2,000
9. Harvey Chandler – £2,000
10. Liam Highfield – £1,800
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(snooker.org)
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