Zhao Xintong may be young for a World Snooker Championship finalist, but his association with opponent Mark Williams still stretches back well over a decade. The Chinese cueist let Williams know he was up against it by taking a commanding 11-6 lead over two sessions on Sunday.

Zhao Xintong has dominated Mark Williams in the opening session of the world snooker championship final by running up a 7-1 lead in his bid to become the first Chinese winner of the sport’s biggest prize.