Zhao Xintong on Ronnie O'Sullivan's Help

British snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan has given high praise to Chinese snooker player Zhao Xintong, believing that Zhao has the potential to win multiple World Snooker Championship titles in the future.

When talking about O'Sullivan’s influence on him, Zhao Xintong said: "O'Sullivan has helped me a great deal. We have known each other since I was sixteen or seventeen years old, and he has continuously given me advice on my matches. Once when I was practicing in Sheffield, he told me he had some free time and could come to Sheffield to practice with me. And he really did come. I couldn’t imagine he would drive all the way from London just for me. We practiced together every day and ate together. While practicing, after he had trained for an hour or two himself, he would spend the rest of the time picking up balls for me. You can imagine how nervous I was while practicing. Then O'Sullivan would give me guidance, and I felt I really improved a lot. He gave me many ideas that I had never thought of before."

"On another occasion, he invited me for afternoon tea. After we arrived, he took out his iPad, pulled up videos of my matches, and went through every single mistake and every shot I didn’t play well, explaining them all to me one by one. I never expected he would do so much for me."