In the first round of the World Snooker Northern Ireland Open that just ended on October 16, 2022, Chinese teenager Zhao Xintong and Lu Haotian started a very exciting duel. As soon as the game started, Zhao Xintong won the first game with his 67-point single shot. Then Lu Haotian won two consecutive games with his 93-point single shot and a one-game reversal and final score, directly overtaking Zhao Xintong 2-1 to gain the lead. Immediately afterwards, Lu Haotian won the final match in the chaos and won the match point first. In the end, after five games of confrontation, Lu Haotian wiped out Zhao Xintong 4-1 and advanced to the top 64.
Zhao Xintong reversed the single game and led 1-0 to Lu Haotian
In the first game, Lu Haotian took the lead and made a mistake. Then Zhao Xintong scored the red ball on the left bottom pocket and successfully got the chance to get started, but because of too many low shots, he was forced to choose to remove the ball. A mistake was made when the ball was solved, and Lu Haotian scored the red ball on the left bottom pocket and got the chance to play on his phone again. After getting 6 points, he was forced to choose to defend due to his unsatisfactory position. Then Zhao Xintong scored the red ball again and started defending again because he was not good at calling. Immediately afterwards, Lu Haotian made a mistake in the ball fighting, and Zhao Xintong made a mistake in hitting the red ball on the left bottom pocket. Lu Haotian made a serious mistake after scoring 27 points. Zhao Xintong scored a red ball and scored 67 points in a single shot, winning the game with a 1-0 lead over Lu Haotian and taking the lead.
Lu Haotian won two consecutive games and surpassed Zhao Xintong 2-1
in the second game. Zhao Xintong took the lead in making a mistake in the game. Then Lu Haotian scored 93 points in a single shot and directly scored a zero-smash to his opponent and drew with Zhao Xintong 1-1. In the third game, Lu Haotian took the lead in the long-distance red ball and got a mobile phone call. After only 4 points, he made a mistake and was forced to choose to defend. In the defensive battle, Lu Haotian made a mistake and left Zhao Xintong with the opportunity to play a combined ball on the left bottom pocket. Zhao Xintong scored the combined ball and made a mistake after scoring 46 points. Immediately afterwards, Lu Haotian scored a red ball and scored 18 points and made a mistake. Zhao Xintong scored a red ball and scored another 6 points, making a mistake, and Lu Haotian scored a red ball and chose to defend. In defense, Lu Haotian scored a red ball and started playing 58:52 and staged a single game reversal to get a 2-1 lead.
Lu Haotian won two more games and eliminated Zhao Xintong 4-1
The game came to the fourth game. Lu Haotian took the lead and made a mistake after getting 1 point, and then Zhao Xintong made a mistake after getting 3 points. Immediately afterwards, Lu Haotian scored a red ball again and successfully won the mobile phone, scoring 7 points and making a mistake. Zhao Xintong scored the red ball again and got the ball, and was forced to choose to defend after 24 points. After many defensive and offensive duels, Lu Haotian led Zhao Xintong 3-1 with his super strong performance of 67:27 and took the lead in getting the match point of this game. Objectively speaking, Lu Haotian is only one step away from defeating the seventh place in the world. In the fifth game, Lu Haotian tried to turn the bag and attack and defense. Although he made a mistake in calling the position, he accidentally called the only red ball under the pink ball that could be used. After scoring 33 points, he successfully entered the game by scoring a black ball. In the end, Lu Haotian scored 123 points in a single shot and directly scored a zero-point victory for his opponent and swept Zhao Xintong 4-1 and successfully advanced to the top 64. It is worth mentioning that Zhao Xintong was indeed very unsatisfactory in today's game. He was not as outstanding as Lu Haotian in terms of accuracy or defense. Lu Haotian became more and more courageous as he fought, and gradually gained the initiative in the game. Objectively speaking, Lu Haotian deserves his reputation for defeating Zhao Xintong, and Zhao Xintong needs to summarize it after this game.
