In the early morning of December 19, Beijing time, the semi-final of the Snooker World Grand Prix, O'Sullivan won 6-2 against Bingham to reach the final. For O'Sullivan, this victory is important, and after winning the 2019 World Championship, O'Sullivan once again has the opportunity to impact the title.
It's a pk between world champions, with O'Sullivan being the 6th World Championship and snooker Grand Slam winner, holding 37 ranking titles in record! Bingham, on the other hand, won the World Championship for the first time at the age of 39 in 2015, becoming the oldest player in history to win the world championship for the first time.
In the first set, Bingham took the lead and won 75-42. In the second set, O'Sullivan scored 62 points to win 70-40. In the third set, O'Sullivan scored another 51 points to win 64-31. In the fourth set, O'Sullivan scored a single 56 points to go down 94-55.
In the first four sets, O'Sullivan won three consecutive sets after losing the first set, and the General Manager completed the counter-attack 3-1 and entered the break.
Back at break, in the fifth inning, O'Sullivan scored another 77 points to win 102-1. In the sixth set, O'Sullivan won 69-9, and from 0-1 to 5-1, O'Sullivan has won 5 consecutive sets!
Finally, in the seventh inning, Bingham stopped the slump with a single shot of 78. However, in the eighth set, Bingham made a low-level mistake on the last winning black ball, which was too fatal, and O'Sullivan scored a black ball to complete the single set, thus winning 6-2 in the general bureau to advance to the final.
Next, O'Sullivan will compete with Neil Robertson in the final, and with just one more win, O'Sullivan will break the 16-month championship drought and set a new record for his 74th personal title!