In the early morning of April 2, Beijing time, the semi-final of the Snooker Tour Championship, the second stage of the match between Neil Robertson and O'Sullivan continued. After the first 15 innings, O'Sullivan trailed 7-8, it was a game to grab a 10-tie tie, O'Sullivan temporarily fell behind.
In fact, the expression and body language after many mistakes showed that O'Sullivan wanted to win! However, it is very helpless that O'Sullivan's energy, which will usher in his 47th birthday this year, has been somewhat unable to keep up! For example, the abandonment after the 10th inning 22-64, the abandonment when the 12th inning was 0-66 behind, you know, in the 12th game, Neil Robertson lost the pink ball after 66 points, there were 4 red balls left on the table, all black can get 59 points, that is, O'Sullivan only needs to do 1 or 2 on the line, but after getting up, O'Sullivan observed a little, then chose to give up and returned to the lounge.
Perhaps, O'Sullivan is deliberately retaining his energy and physical strength, after all, in terms of age, compared with Neil Robertson, he is already at a disadvantage, moreover, O'Sullivan has just experienced a 10-9 defeat of Mark Williams in the last round, with less than 2 days of rest in between, while the opponent Neil Robertson is more relaxed than 10-6 to eliminate Mark Allen, and has a full day more rest than O'Sullivan.
In fact, O'Sullivan has shown some fatigue, such as constant leakage on the defensive end, a few snooker shots by Neil Robertson, and O'Sullivan is a one-shot leak! It's clear that O'Sullivan doesn't want to waste his energy on the defensive end because he knows that his current energy is limited and it's more cost-effective to play a single shot on the offensive end.