On February 11, Beijing time, the final of the snooker Players Championship was decided. Yan Bingtao took the lead to match point 5-4, but was reversed by Hawkins and eliminated 5-6. Robertson had the upper hand against O'Sullivan, knocking O'Sullivan out 6-3.
O'Sullivan and Robertson have played each other 32 times in the past, with O'Sullivan winning 20, drawing 1 and losing 11, with an absolute advantage. But in the most recent game, in the quarter-finals of this season's Snooker Masters, Robertson eliminated O'Sullivan 6-4 to advance. O'Sullivan is ranked 2nd in the world and Robertson is ranked 4th in the world. The unfortunate defeat against Robertson against O'Sullivan once again put his plan to return to world number one on hold for the time being.
O'Sullivan shot a 3-50+ and Robertson, who played better, shot a 4-50+. Neither of them played a hundred, and the performance of the two was not particularly good. In the first set Robertson scored a 79-point clean sheet, and in the second set, O'Sullivan scored a 98-point clean sheet in return. In the third inning, Robertson scored 52 points, and O'Sullivan had no touch and only scored 39 points. In the fourth inning, Robertson scored another 82 points to win another set and is currently 3-1 on the field.
In the fifth inning after a short break, Robertson came up and scored another 80-point shot to give a 4-1 lead. In the sixth inning, O'Sullivan began to fight back, 90 points to chase back one set, into the seventh set, single shot 50 points to chase another set. The score was 4-3. In the eighth set, the two sides entered a fight, robertson, who was in better form, had the advantage, 5-3 to the match point, and in the ninth set, it was still Robertson who won the fight, won the game 65-38, and eliminated O'Sullivan 6-3 to advance.