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 novice 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 computerized ticket again to the primary tour.
Previous to his ban, Zhao had been thought-about probably the most promising younger participant within the recreation.
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 current 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 overwhelmed within the first spherical by Shaun Murphy.
Together with his newest Q Tour triumph, he appears 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
Last
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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