Shaun Murphy claims "a lot of" players on the professional snooker tour have questioned why Zhao Xintong was allowed to compete in the World Snooker Championship. The 28-year-old made history at the Crucible on Monday by becoming the first Asian world champion in the sport's history, but his success carries controversy.

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 leads Mark Williams in ther best-of-35-frames final at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.