The first round of the 2022 Snooker Tour Championship has all come to an end, and the semi-finals have officially begun today, with "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan once again again facing "Melbourne Machine" Neil Robertson.
The two sides have a record of 20 wins and 12 losses to take the lead, and in the recent World Grand Prix O'Sullivan defeated Robertson to win the 38th crown of his career, and both sides won a championship trophy in the Tour Championship.
The Tour championship also involves an additional jackpot of the 150,000 pounds coral cup, and O'Sullivan and Robertson are the only two players eligible to compete, if O'Sullivan wins the championship he will take the grand prize, and Robertson only needs to win O'Sullivan to reach the final to advance 150,000 pounds to the pocket.
At the beginning of the game, Neil Robertson took the lead in getting the mobile phone meeting, continuing the super accuracy against Allen and giving a wonderful K-ball to completely open the situation, and O'Sullivan did not get the mobile phone Robertson blasted a large over 100 to get the opening red.
Back in the second set, O'Sullivan began to deliberately put the white ball in a safe position when facing Robertson's hand, and after a defensive attack, Robertson's offensive mistake missed the opportunity, and O'Sullivan did not hesitate to directly respond to a single shot of 125 to equalize.
In the next set, O'Sullivan was still in hot form, first scoring into the long table to establish a lead around the black ball, and then through the defense to blast 90+ to complete the clearance, in the last set of the first half Robertson had the opportunity to equalize the score, but O'Sullivan was even better and once again exploded over 100 to temporarily lead 3-1 into the half-time break.
After the break, O'Sullivan's feel was still undiminished, and Robertson was completely suppressed, and O'Sullivan continued to extend the score advantage by firing a large single shot to 4-1. In the sixth inning, Robertson finally pulled back a set with a double shot of 60+ with a single shot.
In the seventh inning, neither of them was able to get an offensive chance and the situation became more and more complicated, after a defensive attack, O'Sullivan took the lead to break the deadlock but failed to score a long red ball and missed the opportunity, Robertson continued to score and complete the single 80+ to chase only one set.
In the final set of the first stage, O'Sullivan made a major mistake in the return of the ball, and Robertson also regained the feel of scoring directly around the black ball with the victory of the first two sets and nearly exploded again with a 4-4 score to enter the second stage.
Throughout the first stage, the two men combined to blast a four-shot over-100 to stage a top battle, O'Sullivan alone was three bombs over a hundred, but the second half of the successive defensive mistakes missed the opportunity to open the score, the second stage of the two sides will continue to play at 2:30 a.m. Who can break through successfully We wait and see.