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.

Zhao Xintong became the first amateur to win the World Snooker Championship, and a sports finance expert has now tipped him to become one of the richest players ever

Zhao Xintong's historic World Snooker Championship title is set to spur the game to even greater heights in China and sparked predictions the country could come to dominate the sport.He says Chinese players will dominate snooker within three to five years.