Zhao Xintong needs to “change his game” despite winning his first-ever World Snooker Championship against Mark Williams, former Crucible king Ken Doherty has claimed. Xintong captured the imagination of the sporting world when he became the first-ever Asian player to be crowned world champion earlier this month.

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 dominated Mark Williams in the opening session of the world snooker championship final on Sunday, running up a 7-1 lead in his bid to become the first Chinese winner of the sport's biggest prize.