At 8 p.m. Beijing time on March 30, Mark Williams and old rival O'Sullivan dueled, which was the 49th time in their careers, which occurred in the first round of this year's Snooker Tour Championship, because only the first eight of the single season can participate, so from the first round is the quarter-final, the game adopts a 19-game 10-win system.
In his 30-year career, Mark Williams and O'Sullivan have met in a total of 48 meetings, and O'Sullivan has an overwhelming advantage: the overall record, O'Sullivan has 33 wins, 3 draws and 12 losses; in the ranking match, O'Sullivan has 17 wins and 6 losses; in the three major competitions, O'Sullivan has won 9 and lost 1; all the final matches, O'Sullivan has won 4 wins and 1 loss; grabbed more than 4 meetings, O'Sullivan has 27 wins and 8 losses, of which the last 17 meetings, O'Sullivan has crushed Mark Williams with 16 wins and 1 loss. Considering that the two have been the top players in professional snooker for many years, and both are multiple world championship winners, the same 75 three masters, such a gap is indeed puzzling, or that Mark Williams will not play when he meets O'Sullivan.
Once again, he played against the "bitter lord" O'Sullivan, and the 47-year-old world champion Ma Uncle, the oldest of the 75 three masters, was not optimistic. However, in the first set, Uncle Ma took the lead, reversing 79-51 and leading 1-0. In the second set, O'Sullivan scored a single 56 points to equalize the General Bureau points 76-23. In the third set, O'Sullivan scored another 84 points to win another set 91-14. In the fourth set, Quan Qingtai's single shot broke 131 points, and the fire teacher continued to feel hot! It was O'Sullivan's 1145th career 1145th and 38th of the season, while also surpassing Neil Robertson's previous 130 points, setting a new record for the highest single score in the tournament.
In the fifth set, Uncle Ma blasted 58 and 52 points to keep a 115-0 clean sheet against O'Sullivan to bring the General Division to 2-3. However, in the sixth set, Mark Williams made a mistake in giving gifts! After scoring the difficult black ball, the mother ball returned to the less than ideal position, and in hesitation, Mark Williams made a super big mistake in defense and directly gave a big gift. Back in his seat, 47-year-old world champion Mark Williams had a serious look!
O'Sullivan laughed easily and won with a single shot of 128 points, very easy! Now, the game is moving again towards the old routine of the past, O'Sullivan hit Mark Williams, mark Williams as soon as he met O'Sullivan.