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'''Zhao Xintong''' ({{zh|s=赵心童}}; born 3 April 1997) is a Chinese former professional [[snooker]] player who is currently serving a 20-month ban from professional competition after committing offences relating to betting on snooker.
Zhao attracted attention as a teenager, with a number of top players commenting on his potential in the sport. He joined the professional tour in 2016 and won his first ranking title and first [[Triple Crown (snooker)|Triple Crown]] title at the [[2021 UK Championship]], defeating [[Luca Brecel]] 10–5 in the final. With this win, he entered the top 16 in the world rankings for the first time and became eligible for his first [[2022 Masters (snooker)|Masters]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Zhao beats Brecel to win UK Championship|language=en-GB|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/59540759|access-date=2021-12-05}}</ref> He won his second ranking title at the [[2022 German Masters]] when he whitewashed [[Yan Bingtao]] 9–0 in the final, becoming only the third player, after [[Steve Davis]] and [[Neil Robertson (snooker player)|Neil Robertson]], to win a two-session ranking final without conceding a frame.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-30|title=Zhao Xintong wraps up whitewash victory over Yan Bingtao to secure German Masters victory in Berlin|url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/german-masters/2021-2022/zhao-xintong-leads-yan-bingtao-8-0-after-extraordinary-first-session-in-german-masters-final_sto8746841/story.shtml|access-date=2022-01-30|website=Eurosport|language=en}}</ref>
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