The 2022 Snooker Players Championship is in full swing and as the tournament progresses into its final stages, Ronnie O'Sullivan lost 3-6 to Neil Robertson in an earlier quarter-final match.
In the first round of the showdown, O'Sullivan defeated Trump, who has been in a hot state this season, and thought that O'Sullivan would continue to continue his previous touch in the second round, but he did not expect Robertson to be clearly better.
In the recent World Grand Prix, the two had met in the final, when O'Sullivan was suppressed in the first half and "confused" Robertson in the second half, not only winning his 38th ranking championship trophy, but also breaking the year-and-a-half championship drought.
The two met again and also earned enough attention, Robertson had already expressed his expectations for this match before the game, and finally successfully revenge to advance to the semifinals, but after the game, Stephen Hendry, the seven-time winner of the Snooker Superstar World Championship, thought that Robertson's victory was disgraceful.
As we all know, although Hendry got a wild card to return to the professional arena, he did not participate in too many events himself, and more often served as a game commentator or media commentator, and the game between the two sides was explained by Hendry.
Hendry's post-match analysis said: Robertson began to play slowly from the beginning, and O'Sullivan was obviously not adapted to this style of play, Robertson knew that only by dragging O'Sullivan could he win, and he did.
We all know that O'Sullivan is known for his speed and when he gets into rhythm, he quickly crushes his opponent to win, Robertson is obviously very aware of intentional or unintentional slowdown in the game, and O'Sullivan has no advantage in this style of play.
In fact, from the statistics given by the official after the game, Robertson's average shot time belongs to the medium speed, not as slow as Hendry said, perhaps Robertson's frequent detours and detours in recent seasons have made Hendry's memory still have a shadow.
Although Hendry was upset after the game, O'Sullivan was much more open-minded, and in an interview after the game, O'Sullivan did not express his dissatisfaction with Robertson's frequent detours, but praised his opponent as the best snooker player.
O'Sullivan said after the game: "I actually played well today, but I have to admit that Robertson played better, he is the best snooker player today, it is very difficult for anyone to beat him, I tried to find an opportunity to close the gap but in his state I can't do anything.
Familiar fans are very aware that O'Sullivan likes and envies Robertson very much, and has publicly stated more than once that Robertson's shooting action is what he dreamed of having, and Robertson has repeatedly shown that O'Sullivan is the deserved first man of snooker, and the situation of the two also responds to the old saying "heroes cherish heroes".