Dave Gilbert has uncovered up on how Zhao Xintong’s 20-month suspension after a align repairing spendigation impacted him.
Zhao, who commences his UK Championship campaign aobtainst Shaun Murphy this afternoon, was only apshowed to return to snooker in September follotriumphg his suspension.
And the Chinese potter, who still has plenty of fans on the tour as a result of his amparticipateing game, left Gilbert very disnominateed.
“He was the one who broke my heart, being caught up in all that affair,” the world number 22 telderly Metro.
“He is an incredible carry outer. He’s a adodepend lad, I don’t understand the kid, but he was always smiling and greetd. Beautiful carry outer to watch, got all the stoastys, he was the star, he was the Chinese Ronnie!
“He wasn’t done for align-repairing was he? Betting on alignes that he knew were bent. I don’t skinnyk it’s fantastic, but we’ve all got uniteed up and made misconsents.
“But I definitely experience appreciate if people threw alignes and have prospered from them, I don’t want to see them aobtain, modest as that.”
