In the second semi-final of the Snooker World Grand Prix, which ended in the early morning of December 19, 2021 Beijing time, "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan won five consecutive sets with a perfect performance of 62, 51, 56 and 77 points to beat 2015 world champion Stuart Bingham 6-2 to successfully advance to the final. Next, he will compete with world number four Neil Robertson for the final trophy. If Robertson wins, he will have his 22nd professional ranking title. If O'Sullivan wins, he will have the honour of the 38th title in the rankings. If O'Sullivan finishes 2nd, he will surpass Hendria.
O'Sullivan won three straight sets to lead Bingham 3-1
In the first half of the match between the two sides, O'Sullivan was in very good shape. In the first set, Bingham opened the scoring with a 75-42 win over the game on mobile multiple occasions, thus taking a 1-0 lead over O'Sullivan. In the second set, O'Sullivan's form finally improved, and he single-handedly scored 62 points to win the set 1-1 with Bingham. In the third set, O'Sullivan continued to play well, shooting 51 points to win the set 64-31 to take a 2-1 lead over Bingham. In the fourth inning, although Bingham scored 55 points in this set, O'Sullivan still won the game 94-55 with a single shot of 56 points to lead Bingham 3-1.
O'Sullivan beat Bingham 6-2 to advance to the final
After entering the second half, O'Sullivan still maintained a very good feel. Entering the fifth inning, O'Sullivan scored a straight-forward 77 points to win the game 102-1 to continue the lead at Bingham 4-1. In the sixth set, O'Sullivan won the match 69-9 on multiple mobile phones to take a 5-1 lead over Bingham to win the match. In the seventh set, Bingham finally regained his grip, single-handedly blasted a 78-point performance and won the game 78-6 to narrow the gap to three innings behind O'Sullivan 2-5. In the eighth set, O'Sullivan won the game 71:58 to beat Bingham 6-2 to advance to the Grand Prix final.
O'Sullivan wins again in terms of psychological qualities
From the beginning of this game, Bingham played a fear of O'Sullivan. Throughout the game, O'Sullivan's individual performance was not particularly good, but Bingham was always able to create opportunities for O'Sullivan to win the game. And that's how Bingham didn't play against O'Sullivan, and if you don't think it's convincing, the eighth inning of the game will give you the best answer. Bingham scored a black ball to win the game, and Bingham actually lost a black ball that was not particularly difficult, thus directly ceding the opportunity to O'Sullivan. This also made his reversal path impossible, which was destined to become Bingham's lingering psychological nightmare. If it is a change of someone who is as strong as Bingham but is not afraid of O'Sullivan, then O'Sullivan will be very passive in this game. Unfortunately, Bingham did fear O'Sullivan so much that he couldn't get any further victories and thus lose. After qualifying, O'Sullivan will face the biggest challenge Robertson. If nothing else, O'Sullivan will once again finish runners-up in the rankings to overtake Hendry, while Robertson is likely to pick up Trump with the 22nd title of the tournament. Although O'Sullivan still has a chance to compete for the 38th crown in the individual ranking competition, objectively speaking, the chances are not great.