In the early morning of March 31, Beijing time, the 2022 Snooker Tour Championship launched the first round of the third game, the end of this week will return to the world's first position against the old opponent "Golden Left Hand" Williams, the two staged a "seven-five double male" duel, the final fierceness of the game, from 7-7, 8-8, 9-9, direct decisive game to divide the winner and loser, O'Sullivan involved in the risk of 10-9 to complete the kill, strongly advanced to the top 4, the semi-final will meet robertson, compete for the final seat. In the game, O'Sullivan blasted out a gorgeous 5-stroke hundred-breaker stats, once again setting a new career record for breaking 100.
At the Gibraltar Open that ended last week, the world snooker officially updated the latest edition of the world rankings, although Selby is still ranked first, but the gap between O'Sullivan and him is very small, because this week's tour tournament Selby is not eligible to participate, but also deducted the top four points from two years ago, and O'Sullivan is participating, the first round of prize money is guaranteed, so it is possible to determine in advance on the latest issue of the world ranking list after this week, O'Sullivan will return to the world number one position again after a time.
The Tour Championship, a top-level ranking tournament in which only the top eight players in a single season qualify, was successfully selected by O'Sullivan and his old rival Williams to meet in the first round. The two of them, together with Higgins, are known as the "92 Golden Generation", because they were both born in 1975, so they are also known as the "Seven-Five-Three Masters". The duel between the three of them can always become the focus of snooker, and relatively speaking, Williams has become a slightly sad side, he has won against O'Sullivan in the past decade, and this time, before the game, he is still the underopused side.
In the game, the two veterans, who are already 47 years old, played quite steadily, without too many mistakes, whether it is the offensive end or the defensive end, which shows the immortal side of their sword. In contrast, O'Sullivan was more sophisticated, leading 5-3 in the first stage. In the second stage, Williams chased the points, but O'Sullivan's firepower remained undiminished in the game, and he was chased to the decider, still able to win steadily, complete the kill, and played a gorgeous data of 5 shots to break the hundred in the game, which increased O'Sullivan's career breaker total to 1149. This duel, which was like a fairy fight, made the fans inside and outside the scene pleasing to the eye and greatly addicted.
After the game, O'Sullivan mentioned that he was shocked when he knew he would return to world number one after this week, just as he had won the World Championship again. He explained why he could still be so shocked, mainly because it was not easy for him to achieve such an achievement at such an age. Of course, he also revealed his latest goal, hoping to maintain the top eight places and standards in the professional arena when he officially receives his pension at the age of 68. If it succeeds, it will be another feat.