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The final of the 2025 World Snooker Championship was held during the Chinese "May Day" holiday, and Chinese player Zhao Xintong's victory on May 6th has sparked public interest in the sport of snooker. Data provided by Meituan to China Business News on May 7th showed that since May 1st, searches for snooker on the platform have increased by 60% compared to the previous week, and searches for snooker halls have increased by 80%. Post-00s users account for over 40% of the searches. On the Meituan App, it was found that private snooker training sessions in Beijing range from 150 yuan to 400 yuan per hour. The CBSA World Snooker Academy, where Zhao Xintong studied, was jointly founded by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association and the Chinese Billiards Association. According to their WeChat public account, tuition fees vary depending on the type of class, with the highest long-term class fee reaching 50,000 yuan, and the cost of a short-term one-on-one session with 30 lessons being 18,980 yuan. (China Business News)