zhou after winning snooker world cup.
zhou selected take part in non-ranking 2015 snooker world cup 15-year old yan bingtao part of china s b team; china allowed second team hosts. 50/1 outsiders topped group, knocking out england in process, , in knock-out stages beat australia, wales , scotland in final , pocketed cheque of us$200,000 between them. defeated finalist stephen maguire stated believed had watched 2 future world champions.
zhou saw off sam baird 6–4 qualify 2015 international championship , beat martin gould 6–2 , sanderson lam 6–0 reach last 16 of ranking event first time, lost 6–5 thepchaiya un-nooh. world cup win gained him entry champion of champions , edged out reigning world champion stuart bingham 4–3, before losing 6–3 kyren wilson in quarter-finals. zhou made debut in ranking event on british soil @ uk championship , defeated craig steadman 6–3, before exiting 6–1 in second round shaun murphy. qualified china open , lost 5–2 john higgins in opening round. zhou played in world championship first time, defeated in final qualifying round 10–7 compatriot zhang anda. entered top 64 in world rankings first time @ end of season, 54th.
zhou got last 16 of 2016 international championship wins on anthony mcgill , mark joyce, lost 6–2 john higgins. progressed through same stage of uk championship defeating world cup partner yan bingtao 6–5 , beaten 6–2 shaun murphy. zhou dropped 2 frames in 4 matches @ welsh open reach first ranking event quarter-final, whitewashed 5–0 scott donaldson. beat christopher keogan 10–5, ian preece 10–8 , ben woollaston 10–9 qualify first world championship , said hoped draw ronnie o sullivan in opening round. instead faced ding junhui , defeated 10–5. zhou broke in top 32 in world rankings first time @ end of season.
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