On April 23, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship ended the 7th matchday competition, and the two veterans Mark Williams and O'Sullivan gave particularly wonderful performances, setting a new career record. In the second round, Mark Williams scored a 6-stroke breaker to tie the World Championship 25-inning, 13-win single-game record.
In the past few seasons, although the post-80s big three Trump, Selby and Neil Robertson have taken most of the championships, the 75 three Jays Sullivan, Higgins and Mark Williams are still the core forces, and they maintain the top competitiveness, which can be said to be old and strong. At this World Championship, three veterans worked together to advance to the round of 16, which is proof.
In the second round of the regular round, mark Williams and O'Sullivan, who came first, gave even more brilliant performances. The second round was a 25-inning, 13-win format, played in three stages, but Mark Williams ended the suspense with just two stages, and against the weaker Jackson Page, Mark Williams shot a 6-shot breaker, which was really too strong.
A 6-stroke break is also Mark Williams' personal record in a 25-game, 13-win tournament, and looking at the history of the World Championships, only Selby has played this figure in a 25-inning, 13-win match, and world champion Mark Williams equalized Selby. After the match, Mark Williams said he felt as if he was back in the state of the day he won the World Championship, and he was confident in himself.
So far, the 47-year-old Mark Williams has scored a total of 10 hundred in the first two rounds, and if this state can be continued, Mark Williams is expected to break Hendry's record of hitting a 16-stroke hundred at a World Championship, so let's wait and see.
Another veteran, O'Sullivan, was also in hot form, and although he didn't finish early like Mark Williams, 12-4 was already a big advantage, and with just one more win, O'Sullivan would advance to the quarterfinals. Don't forget, his opponent is the powerful Mark Allen, and O'Sullivan can play such an exaggerated score, and he is really good.
Against Mark Allen, O'Sullivan scored two hundreds, bringing his career total to 1159, a new high. As long as O'Sullivan continues his career, this statistic will continue to be refreshed. In fact, O'Sullivan had the hope of hitting the full score in the first and twelfth innings of the game, and the attack was indeed comfortable. Not surprisingly, O'Sullivan will make it to the quarter-finals, and if he maintains this state, there is great hope of impacting the championship!