On February 11, Beijing time, the third quarter-final of the Snooker Players Championship ended, Neil Robertson eliminated O'Sullivan 6-3 and successfully reached the final four, so that the three people have grabbed the tickets for the final four, before the two were: Rich Wharton and Barry Hawkins.
The second round of the Players' Championship has entered the final stage, O'Sullivan and Robertson are also old rivals, the previous number of encounters reached 32 times, O'Sullivan 20 wins, 1 draw and 11 losses, occupying a clear upper hand, but now O'Sullivan is actually not in a stable state, Robertson won this game again.
In the first half, Radish whiskers led 3-1, into the second half, O'Sullivan once chased 3-4, and robertson 5-3 to get the match point, O'Sullivan in the ninth set again made a mistake, allowing Robertson to reverse the win, 6-3 successful promotion. In the whole game, neither of them shot a single hundred, O'Sullivan 3 50+ and Robertson 4 50+.
China's 00-day genius Yan Bingtao lost to Hawkins 5-6, the first two innings, Yan Bingtao played two consecutive shots to break the hundred, but Hawkins three consecutive shots 50+ to achieve a rebound, after Yan Bingtao returned two shots of 50+, after the eighth set Hawkins easily won, Yan Bingtao in the ninth set blasted a single shot 132 points, the 11th and 12th innings, Hawkins consecutive single shot 126 points and single shot 73 points, 6-5 killed Yan Bingtao. In the whole game, Yan Bingtao played three shots to break the hundred, and the offensive firepower was really good, but in this game, he was slightly aggressive and did not do well defensively.
The previous two games, Rich Wharton 6-5 Mark Williams. The final quarter-finals will be played between Higgins and Jimmy Robertson.
Zhao Xintong was out of the first round, plus Yan Bingtao who was out of the second round, the two players from China all bid farewell, and Mark Williams and O'Sullivan in the 75 three masters have been out, leaving only Higgins a single seedling, I have to say that the competition is really fierce.