In the early morning of February 11, Beijing time, in the quarterfinals of the Snooker Players Championship, O'Sullivan lost 3-6 to Neil Robertson! In this campaign, Neil Robertson was not invulnerable, and the Melbourne machine also made some mistakes, giving O'Sullivan some chances, but unfortunately, O'Sullivan's mistakes were more, and to be fair, it was not a wonderful game.
Losing the game, O'Sullivan suffered three consecutive blows
First, in terms of his record against Neil Robertson, O'Sullivan suffered two consecutive defeats. O'Sullivan's last encounter with Neil Robertson took place at the Snooker Masters, one of the three major tournaments of the season, when the two also met in the quarter-final stage, Neil Robertson was in full swing, bombarding 130 and 119 points, shooting 2 shots and 5 50+, and the general manager scored 6-4. Of course, pushing further up, O'Sullivan also had a good moment, the 2021 Snooker World Grand Prix final, O'Sullivan beat Neil Robertson 10-8 to finally break the championship drought and win the 38th title of the career rankings!
Second, he did not qualify for the top 4 of this year's Players Championship. After competing in the first 16 of the single season, after beating Trump 6-3 in the first round, O'Sullivan successfully reached the quarterfinals, and lost to Neil Robertson 3-6 in this round, and O'Sullivan missed the top 4. In fact, in the last round of the game to beat Trump, O'Sullivan's performance was still very good, 6 shot 50+, including a single shot to break 127 points. However, when it came to this match against Neil Robertson, O'Sullivan judged the two, and there were too many mistakes in the simple ball, and he could only swallow the bitter fruit of the defeat.
Third, miss the opportunity to reach the top of No.1 after 3 days. Originally, judging from the prize money rankings on the official website of the World Taiwan Federation, in Selby's failure to enter the top 16 in a single season, coupled with the two favorable conditions of defeating Trump in the first round, O'Sullivan could regain the world's first throne after three years as long as he won the championship of this players' championship. Therefore, everyone is very much looking forward to the final 3 days later, O'Sullivan will be able to lift the final championship trophy, thus reaching the top of snooker No.1 again, unfortunately, after losing to Neil Robertson in the quarter-finals, O'Sullivan has missed such an opportunity.