The men's and women's world snooker champions are now both Chinese
It has been a long time coming. On May 5th a soft-spoken, left-handed 28-year-old named Zhao Xintong (pictured) raised the famed trophy in the legendary Crucible Theatre in the northern English city of Sheffield, and was crowned men's snooker champion of the world. He had defeated a three-time winner, Mark Williams, by 18 frames to 12, thereby pocketing £500,000 ($660,000) in prize money. 'This is going to take snooker to another level,' Jason Ferguson, chairman of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (wpbsa), the sport's governing body, told the bbc.
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