Zhao wins UK snooker title, celebrates with karaoke

Author: Agencies

LONDON: China’s Zhao Xintong defeated Luca Brecel 10-5 to clinch snooker’s UK Championship crown in York on Sunday and vowed to celebrate with a karaoke party. “I will go home and have a good sleep, and maybe tomorrow I will sing karaoke,” said 24-year-old Zhao who is based in Sheffield. “I will do the song ‘We Are The Champions’.” Zhao and Brecel had ripped up the form books in their respective semi-finals, Brecel firing four centuries in a 6-4 win over Kyren Wilson, while Zhao compiled six breaks in excess of 70 to sink Barry Hawkins.

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