On January 14, 2022, the first final four seats at the Snooker Masters were born, and Robertson eliminated O'Sullivan 6-4, becoming the first player to qualify for the semifinals, waiting for Higgins and Mark. Williams' winner, the two sides were evenly matched in the first eight innings, O'Sullivan fell behind several times to tie the score, but Robertson was more capable of seizing opportunities, and he won two consecutive sets to end the game and eliminate O'Sullivan.
O'Sullivan, 46 years old, ranked No. 3 in the world, has won the ranking championship 38 times, the number of three major championships is as many as 20, and is also the only seven champions of the Masters, last year's World Grand Prix, O'Sullivan defeated Robertson to win the championship, ending his five-game losing streak in the final, just in the first round, O'Sullivan was in good shape, winning five consecutive sets 6-1 to sweep Lissowski, which was expected by fans.
Robertson is 39 years old, ranked 4th in the world, has won the ranking championship 21 times in his career, and is the only non-British player to achieve a Grand Slam, this season Robertson won a championship, defeated Higgins at the English Open, this time he eliminated McGill 6-3 in the first round, Robertson revealed that he has been on vacation recently, did not focus on preparation, this time hope to enjoy the game.
The two have met 31 times in their careers, O'Sullivan has the advantage of 20 wins, and in recent years, they have won and lost each other, the World Grand Prix O'Sullivan defeated Robertson 10-8 to win the championship, and robertson won the Championship 10-4 against O'Sullivan to win the championship.
The second round of the Masters 11 innings 6 wins, the first set Robertson blasted a single 119 points to take the lead, the second set O'Sullivan did not score, Robertson played a single 56 points 64-0 to win another set, after being overdressed O'Sullivan did not choose to continue to insist, in the third set O'Sullivan twice started 70-0 to chase back a set, followed by a single 66 point equalizer, O'Sullivan fell behind 0-2 and won two consecutive sets to get better.
After returning from halftime, Robertson played a single 50 points to interrupt the attack, O'Sullivan failed to seize the opportunity, Robertson once again played to complete the super point, 88-29 to take the lead, in the sixth game Robertson only scored 37 points on two chances, O'Sullivan blasted a single 102 points to clear the table, which was the 1131st break of his career, and then Robertson did not want to show weakness, and blasted a single 130 points to color.
Robertson then scored 32 points to turn into defense, both of them have a strong single-shot winning ability, but Robertson is more accurate, O'Sullivan often gives opponents a good opportunity to attack the longstand, Robertson made a mistake, O'Sullivan played a single 68 points, both sides are under pressure.
In the ninth set, Robertson stabilized his position, twice completed the super point, won the key set 92-0, 5-4 to the match point, then Robertson played a single 54 points to interrupt the attack, O'Sullivan only scored 6 points to lose the bottom bag red ball, Robertson started again, played until the super score ended the game, and finally eliminated O'Sullivan 6-4, the first four seats in the Masters were released, and the seven-time champion O'Sullivan was out.