The 2021 Snooker World Grand Prix staged the last matchday of the first round, and in the previously concluded showdown, Selby, Trump and others have successfully advanced, and only Yan Bingtao of the Chinese Snooker Legion has successfully broken through.
The most talked about of the day is Ronnie O'Sullivan's match against Hicks, the two have been at a disadvantage in the previous meeting record, so many fans also call O'Sullivan's draw against the upper draw.
The reason why O'Sullivan has been expected by many fans is also because Higgins and Williams have been eliminated in the first round, so O'Sullivan has become the only hope of the "75 Three Masters" to win the championship in this competition.
At the beginning of the game, O'Sullivan took the lead in kicking off, the two of them felt cold and made frequent mistakes, O'Sullivan staged a funny scene of hitting the red ball too lightly, but Hicks was also unable to grasp it, and finally O'Sullivan achieved a super point by starting many times.
Back in the second set, O'Sullivan took the lead but the good times did not last long, Hicks began to score but the weak ability to win again gave O'Sullivan a chance, O'Sullivan laughed and gave a wonderful k-ball to complete the super score, Hicks came on stage to try snooker fruitless score to 2:0.
The next set between the two sides can be described as a chaotic match, in the case of each has a chance to win frequent outrageous mistakes, the situation is more and more difficult, and O'Sullivan obviously does not want to continue to entangle, as the defense leaked a red ball, Hicks finally seized the opportunity to achieve a difficult time to win back a set.
In the first half of the fourth set, everyone saw the O'Sullivan who was not defensive at all, and the blind attack was also a series of fouls and mistakes, but Hicks did have limited strength, O'Sullivan did not win in this way, and in the last moment O'Sullivan finally got serious and staged the position and accurate K-ball, and officially reached the match point after completing the clearance.
In the last set, O'Sullivan also obviously did not want to work overtime anymore, and directly started to clear the stage after Hicks made a mistake to complete the super point. Poor Hicks struggled for a whole game but could not escape the fate of the game, and finally O'Sullivan won 4:1 to advance.
Throughout the showdown, familiar fans are more aware that O'Sullivan does not take the game very seriously, most of the time in a disorderly attack, but due to the crushing of talent, coupled with Hicks's limited ability against O'Sullivan is a little nervous, resulting in the inability to play his duel level, and finally regretted out.
Objectively speaking, if O'Sullivan still treats the game with this attitude next, not only is there no hope of impacting the first crown of the season, I am afraid that he will not be able to successfully break through the next round, as a fan, he also hopes that O'Sullivan can correct his mentality and continue to bring more wonderful duels to everyone.