Zhao Xintong becomes the most complicated world champion in snooker history - Zhao Xintong 18-8 Mark Williams: Zhao demolished three-time winner Williams to become China’s first world champion but his

Zhao Xintong, the Chinese qualifier, is just one frame from winning the World Snooker Championship after an apparently nerveless performance on the final day of the tournament.

Zhao Xintong has become China ’s first winner of the World Snooker Championship, beating Mark Williams 18-12 in the Crucible final. The 28-year-old was playing in his first final and, remarkably, as an amateur after he dropped off the professional circuit due to a 20-month ban from the sport.