In the early morning of April 2, Beijing time, the Snooker 2022 Tour Championship ended the first semi-final match in Landdino, England, and the champion was the favorite Ronnie. O'Sullivan is in a match against rival and defending champion Neil Berger. Robertson's duels were exceptionally good at one point, with frequent breaks, but in the end he failed to laugh to the end, and was reversed by the turnips on aggregate, 9-10, and missed the final, who will wait for the winner between Higgins and the little monk in the final.
It was a showdown that was staged in advance of the final, not only the No. 3 seed O'Sullivan and the No. 2 seed Robertson, but also the world's no. 1 (O'Sullivan) and the world's fourth-placed Neil. A contest between Robertsons.
The two sides have played each other 29 times since 2006, with O'Sullivan having the upper hand, winning 18 games, and in games with 9 or more steals, O'Sullivan still has an absolute advantage, winning 6 of the 7 matches, and the radish only won in the last Tour Championship final, when the rocket was swept to the top for the first time with an aggregate score of 10-4.
It is worth mentioning that in the first Tour Championship, O'Sullivan blasted 2 hundred and 8 50+ fires to win the inaugural trophy with an aggregate score of 13-11.
The other 5 times are:
In the second round of the 2007 World Championships, O'Sullivan 13-10 Robertson
2016 Welsh Open Final, O'Sullivan 9-5 Robertson
2019 Players Championship Final, O'Sullivan 10-4 Robertson
2019 Shanghai Masters semi-finals, O'Sullivan 10-6 Robertson
2021 World Grand Prix Final, O'Sullivan 10-8 Robertson
In this battle, the defending champion Neil. Robertson scored a single 115-pointer to give O'Sullivan a 1-0 run.
But in the ensuing game, O'Sullivan gave a strong duel, hitting 125 points, 90 points, 106 points, 128 points in a row, and winning four consecutive sets to win 4-1 on aggregate.
It is worth mentioning that during this period, Robertson did not receive two consecutive rounds, and only scored a pitiful 8 points in four sets.
However, in the following game, O'Sullivan's hand fell back, and Robertson scored 62 points, 54 points, 85 points, and 95 points in a row, and the three consecutive sets made the score 4-4, and the Rockets' 4-1 advantage became 4-4.
Both sides had to return to the same running line.
At three o'clock in the morning, the two sides began the final stage of the competition, O'Sullivan came up and shot a single 60+ to make the score 5-4, but the radish counter-scored a single 50 point, 66 points in a row to win the score 7-5.
In the 13th inning, the Rockets hit another 60+ to tie the score to 6-7, but in the 14th inning, Robertson blasted his second shot of the game to extend the score to 8-6.
In the ensuing game, O'Sullivan once again showed strong firepower, scoring 100, 70 and 112 points in a row, and winning three consecutive sets to win 9-8 match points.
However, the Rockets, who had stepped into the final, were singled by Robertson for 80 consecutive innings, and dragged O'Sullivan out.
In the end, Robertson defeated O'Sullivan 10-9 on aggregate to reach the final, which would be played against Higgins and Luca. Winner between Brechel.