Zhao Xintong of China has become Asia’s first world snooker champion after beating Mark Williams 18-12 in the final.

Zhao Xintong became the first Chinese player to win the World Snooker Championship with a victory over Welshman and three-times winner Mark Williams at the Crucible Theatre on Monday, the latest chapter in Zhao's remarkable rise and fall story.

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