At the 2021 Snooker World Grand Prix, Rocket O'Sullivan and Australian Artillery Robertson played off against each other. Before the final, many Rockets fans had a pessimistic attitude towards Mr. Fire. After winning the 2020 World Championships, O'Sullivan reached the final five times in last season's ranking tournament, all of which returned home, and this time he played robertson who was in good shape.
In the first half of the final, Robertson scored a 2-0 lead with two shots of 60+, which was a bit of a fire teacher six consecutive Ya. After the Rockets chased back one inning, in the 4th inning, both sides made many mistakes, and finally it was robertson's green ball error, which gave the Rockets a good chance to win and chase it to 2 draws. After a short break, the Rockets lost the 5th inning with a mistake, then lost the 6th set with two turnovers, and Robertson took the lead in two more sets. In the 7th inning, the two made mistakes one after another, and the Rockets scored a single shot of 90 points for the second time. The 8th set, can be said to be the key point of the whole game, Robertson has completed the super point, the table is more than 6 points, but the Rockets used the last red ball, continuously made high-quality snooker to get free points and get free balls to get started, clear the stage single set reversal, once again equalize the score, ending the first half of the competition.
In the second half, in the 9th inning, Robertson scored 59 points on a single shot and overtook 2 points, and the Rockets gave up in the difficult game. In the 10th inning, the Rockets equalized again. In the 11th set, Robertson broke through the 100%-white platform. In the 12th inning, the Rockets made a mistake after 49 points, and Robertson reversed with an 88-point single inning, 7-5, another two-set lead. In the 13th inning, the Rockets won a single shot 90. In the 14th inning, the Rockets fainted into the upper hand, interrupted after 46 points, and then seized the opportunity to complete the super score for the second time. After playing 14 innings, from the game data, The Fire Teacher only played two 50+ at this time, while Robertson broke a hundred, plus 5 50+, but the score was 7 draws, piecemeal play, Robertson almost never won. In the 15th inning, the Rockets scored a 77-point shot on the bench, leading for the first time in the game. The situation tilted towards The Fire Teacher, and the Fire Teacher's simple mistake was gone. In the 16th inning, the Rockets scored another 77 points, winning four straight innings and making it 9-7 to match point. This process was a bit of a surprise. Robertson shot a 70+ to save a match point. In the 16th inning, after Robertson started, there was a good chance to score points, but there was a simple black ball error, which was directly fatal, and the Rockets scored a single shot of 77 points, 10-8 to win the game.
It was not easy, a year and a half of waiting, O'Sullivan finally won the championship again. Ranking tournament 38 crowns, fire teacher brushed a new height again. Just over 46 years old, Mr. Fire is also the fourth-oldest player to win the ranking tournament after Lilton, Mangjoy and Ma Wei. Congratulations to Fire Teacher.
In addition, news came from outside the arena that World Snooker and Turkey officially signed a contract to sign a four-year Turkish Masters; the total prize money of the tournament was 500,000 pounds (the champion should be 100,000 pounds), and it will increase year by year; a round of qualifying, 64 players rushed to Antalya, Turkey. (Personally, I have a small opinion, the epidemic is not over, why not arrange two rounds of qualifying?) ）