12-4, rocket O'Sullivan is only one step away from the promotion, 5-11, Zhao Xintong's life is hanging in the balance, almost certain will be about eight finals with the rocket's master-apprentice battle. I have to say that Zhao Xintong still let O'Sullivan look high, who recently said: Zhao will be the first Chinese player to win the world championship, and even play eight achievements to win six world championships.
In the second round of the World Championships, there were two notable matches, the Rockets against Allen and Zhao Xintong against Maguire. In the second stage of the previously concluded match, Zhao Xintong's performance was disappointing, and in the case of falling behind 3-5 in the first stage, the performance not only did not improve much, but the point difference was further widened, and entered the break with a huge score difference of 5-11. In this way, Maguire only needs to win 2 more sets in the final stage to advance.
Zhao Xintong was blocked by Maguire, and rocket O'Sullivan will naturally be unhappy, because in the next quarterfinals, the two are likely to stage a master-apprentice battle. As the world's top master, the rocket has always been optimistic about Zhao Xintong and has high hopes for him. However, the Rockets still do their best first. In the first stage of the match with Allen, the Rockets took a 6-2 lead with a sharp offense, including one hundred and 4 50+, with an offensive success rate of 96% and a longtai success rate of 100%.
At the beginning of the second stage, Allen changed his previous slump and won the fight by multiple starts, pulling back a set 70-41 to make the big score 3-6.
In the 10th inning, Allen scored 31 points to go into defense, and O'Sullivan hit a single shot of 93 points to extend the score to 7-3 again. Subsequently, the Rockets continued to work hard, scoring 67 points in the 11th inning, 88 points in the 12th inning, and 53 points in the 13th inning, and three consecutive cities, rewriting the big score to 10-3. In the 12th inning, he conceded his 12th red ball and failed to hit 147.
In the 14th inning, the desperate Allen struck a hard blow, blasted a single shot of 110 points, and achieved a clean sheet, making the score 4-10.
In the 15th inning, the Rockets regained their lead 81-49. In the 16th inning, Allen interrupted the attack after a single shot of 30 points, and the Rockets directly blasted a single shot of 100 points to reverse, taking the lead 12-4 to get the match point, and in the second stage, he only needed to win one more round to advance to the quarterfinals.
At the end of the first 12 innings, the Rockets blasted a 2-shot 100 and 8-par 50+, while Allen contributed only 1 par to break 100 and 1 par 50+. It can be seen that the Rockets formed a full-court suppression of Allen. The Rockets' ability to perform so strongly in this round of showdowns has a lot to do with the opponent's previous series of moves.
Having beaten the Rockets at the World Championships and winning again in their last meeting two years ago, Allen was confident before the game, saying that although the Rockets are geniuses, he can also be defeated. Apparently, Allen's pre-game provocations made the Rockets scrappy, and now that the second stage is over, almost no one doubts that he will advance.