In the final of the 2021 Snooker World Grand Prix, Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Neil Robertson 10:8 to reach the top of the championship, which was also the 38th ranking title of O'Sullivan's career.
I believe that many fans have stayed up late to witness this showdown, O'Sullivan staged a Jedi reversal under the condition that the whole field was almost suppressed, and suddenly broke out in the difficult situation of 7:5 behind, and finally crowned the 38th crown with 10:8.
Fans who witnessed the showdown must have sweated for O'Sullivan during the game, after all, O'Sullivan's state is deteriorating as he gets older, and Robertson's recent form can be said to be in hot form to win the championship.
The Grand Prix was Robertson's first tournament after recovering from his previous shock tinnitus, and his fiery form allowed him to beat Selby to advance to the final, although Robertson missed the first few races at the beginning of the season, but it did not affect his victory in the English Open.
Since winning the sixth World Championship, O'Sullivan has not been able to win the ranking championship again, and last season created an embarrassing record of five Asian in a single season, and this Grand Prix is also O'Sullivan's first time in the final this season.
In fact, before the start of this final, the outside world almost unanimously believed that O'Sullivan could not cross the mountain of Robertson, and even O'Sullivan said before the game that the possibility of him being able to defeat Robertson was very small.
However, in the case that most of them were not optimistic, O'Sullivan used his strength to punch those doubters hard, and many wonderful defenses in the game locked in snooker's best defense of the year in advance.
O'Sullivan's victory also set many records, first of all, the feat of 38 ranking championships can definitely be called unprecedented, and secondly, this is O'Sullivan's second topped the ranking championship after 490 days.
Born in 1975, O'Sullivan is now 46 years old, and looking back on his entire career, he has experienced too many snooker upgrades, and this victory can be described as a cross-era victory against Robertson, one of the "80 Big Three" of the current leader of snooker sports. O'Sullivan then became the third oldest ranking champion in Snooker history after Lilton and Monjoy.
For O'Sullivan, winning the Grand Prix not only ended his one-and-a-half-year championship drought, but also completely ended his previous embarrassing record of five consecutive Asians, and completely shut his doubters with strength.
For the fans, after so long, they finally witnessed the "rocket lift-off" again, and also let the fans see that the 46-year-old veteran is still full of energy in his blood, and more importantly, we all know that the legend of O'Sullivan is still continuing, and it is far from over.
Finally, congratulations again to O'Sullivan on his successful victory and looking forward to his next wonderful performance!