The Rockets narrowly missed a 3-1 lead on two "brainless" shots, and there were thrilling promotions, and the veteran played too many aberrant mistakes. O'Sullivan's "play" did not hinder the Grand Prix's 4-1 victory over the veteran, and Hicks had 3 starts in 2 innings and failed to overtake the score.
In the first set, Hicks lost 11-1. O'Sullivan won the far stage and then used the blue ball to attack the top bag in the upper left corner, and successively shot the difficult ball from the far platform, because the blue ball was called a red ball error in the position of the library, and then the red ball error in the bottom bag was pushed by the penalty. Hicks couldn't do anything to take over the table, scoring just one point and conceding a black ball.
The Rockets once again took over the table 41-12 and then hit the band to prevent losing the red ball in the right pocket. Ann competed globally, Hicks lost the left side of the far bottom pocket to leave the bag mouth. The Rockets finally unlocked the deadlock for the third time in the game, and after handling the red ball from the eating library, they played a yellow ball in the clear lottery stage to win the opening red at 85-12.
In the second set, the two men missed a red ball in the opening round. Hicks scored a red ball in the left centre pocket but failed to school the color ball. The Rockets scored a red ball in the bottom pocket on the right side of the far platform, then played a simple red ball in the left middle pocket, but lost the pink ball at 9-1. Hicks found a combination of red balls on the left bottom pocket, and was trapped in a good game with limited strength, only adding 30-9 to lose the red ball in the left bottom pocket of the near table.
Rocket extreme rod method a library touched the right bottom bag red ball, and then hit the difficult yellow ball into the right middle bag and at the same time blew up the red ball pile, after solving the situation, the clear color to the blue ball 52-32 to complete the super score. Hicks tried unsuccessfully to use snooker to chase the score, and the Rockets thinned into the left bottom pocket powder ball to win two consecutive sets 58-37.
In the 3rd inning, the Rockets started with snooker, and Hicks hooked the ball pile to break the siege. Under pressure, Hicks showed a tenacious side, facing the Rockets' repeated snooker and high-quality Anglo, but still did not leak any flaws. Instead, the rocket took the lead in releasing water, leaking a red ball on the right side of the long platform. Hicks hit the red ball with a defensive attack, scored 11 points in a situation where the pink and black were locked, and then used the coffee ball to successfully blow up the red ball pile into the game, and it was another single 22 points that went wrong again. The Rockets laughed and scored the bag lipstick ball, chasing it to 7-22 due to poor positioning and the top bag in the top left corner of the red ball was deflected out and then returned the gift.
Hicks only got 1 red 1 coffee and thin everyone green ball in the upper right corner of the top bag appeared error left in the bag mouth. The Rockets took over the table to score a high-quality score of 35-27 hard-fought high difficulty counter angle left bottom pocket red ball deflected out.
Hicks trailed 34-35 for the third time in the innings, with the last two stickers left. Both then got one chance each but didn't score consecutive points. The Rockets defended too casually, with a brainless red ball flipping into the bottom bag and a female ball accidentally touching the black ball to change the line, sending Hicks to clear the table to the black ball to chase back the first set at 58-36.
In the 4th set, Hicks defended the lead and missed a chance. The Rockets attacked a slightly difficult red ball in the bottom pocket on the right side of the ball to deflect a counter-delivery opportunity. Hicks was blessed with the good game, but still copied the old game and scored only 14 points before giving up a simple red ball. The rocket was still in the clouds. Hicks conceded a red ball in the bag to send the same bag mouth opportunity. The Rockets' 21-14 K-ball small mistake was still adjusted by the strong mid-pocket ability, scoring a powder ball but losing a simple red ball.
Hicks took over for the second time to play 48-27 but conceded a simple black ball when he saw the super point. The rocket came up again brainless and scrambled again. Fortunately, the opponent only scored a red ball and was interrupted. The Rockets mistakenly crashed into the coffee ball to trail 27-53.
After the consecutive blows, the Rockets woke up like a dream, used the top defense to win the mobile phone meeting, successively disposed of the last two red balls of high difficulty (red balls and coffee balls stuck in the top library), and then spelled in the yellow balls of the eating library with variables, and cleared the stage to take a 3-1 lead with a 66-53 single-game limit reversal.
In the 5th set, Hicks broke the jar and broke the reverse to achieve the effect, directly into the far platform to get 22 points to choose defense. The Rockets began to take the game seriously after realizing the strength of the opponent, strengthening their defense. Hicks has reached the final four in all three major competitions in his career. After a long, high-quality defense, the Rockets passed the red ball to the far table, and then spelled the coffee ball into the right center pocket, which was considered to be an entry. Chasing the black ball back to the point at 19-22, the 36-22 pole solved the red ball problem of the stick and finally cleared the clouds, and the coffee ball was lost after contributing 60 points.
Hicks had the opportunity to reverse in a single set, but lost the slightly difficult straight-line bag red ball, and the Rockets once again took over the table to close the last two red balls to the black ball to lock in the win 92-22, and finally beat Hicks to advance to the round of 16 with a big score of 4-1. Obviously, Hicks did not play at his level in the British Championship, and there were too many simple mistakes and poor positions, and it was inevitable that he would be out. The Rockets' timely awakening in the crucial 4th inning was the key reason or turning point for easily winning the game.