Zhao Xintong currently 28 years old with his suspension ended on 1st September 2024 which was started in January 2023 due to involvement in match fixing with few other chines players.
He was one of the best in business but sadly due to his these activities he was out of game for long time now back and started his career with currently leading against Mark Williams in final with the score of 7–1.
After watching his few achievements I believe he is surely one of the best talents but sadly gone on wrong side and face consequences as well but now doing impressive again and winning this big event.
I know it's still quite early but, with this sort of lead, I don't think Zhao will blow it, he was the favorite to begin with which makes it more convincing that he'd win it.
I read that no Chinese player have ever won this tournament, I'd say that's a bit of a surprise giving how often and many participant they usual have in the snooker competitions that I've followed.
This is a round to forget for me, I have just 2 correct answers, and I dropped all the way to 16th in the total ranking.