In the second round of the 2022 World Snooker Championships, O'Sullivan beat Allen 13-4 to easily reach the quarter-finals. Next, O'Sullivan's opponent is Maguire, who defeated Zhao Xintong. Now, O'Sullivan is the 1st favourite to win the title, and his goal is to achieve the 7th World Championship and equal Hendry!
In his career, O'Sullivan won the World Championship six times, and in this competition, O'Sullivan was in excellent form, and now he is the first favorite to win the championship, beating Neil Robertson.
Facing Allen in this round, O'Sullivan made his opponents doubt his life. In the first stage, O'Sullivan was far ahead of the curve 6-2. In the second stage, O'Sullivan was in a strong position, the game was completely one-sided, 12-4, the game had no suspense. The third stage, for O'Sullivan, is a cutscene, in fact, Allen has been absent-minded and has long given up. After all, the gap is so large that the average person has no confidence, not to mention, Allen's opponent is the big hit O'Sullivan! In the 17th set, O'Sullivan led 32-5 to concede a red ball, after which, Allen also made mistakes, O'Sullivan did not give a chance, won the game, and won the round 13-4 to advance.
The game was too easy for O'Sullivan. On the one hand, O'Sullivan showed himself in good shape and became more and more confident. On the other hand, O'Sullivan is used to throwing pressure on opponents, for example, O'Sullivan said that Zhao Xintong can become a snooker GOAT, saying such a thing, O'Sullivan himself believed?
In another game, China's Zhao Xintong counterattacked under the adversity of 5-11 in the first two stages, playing a wave of 4-1 to chase the score to 9-12, but Scotland's Maguire still seized the opportunity, and in the end, Maguire eliminated Zhao Xintong 13-9.
In the next 8-in-4 knockout round, O'Sullivan will play against Maguire. Originally, fans expected Zhao Xintong to be able to challenge O'Sullivan, the former nicknamed "Little Whirlwind", the latter nicknamed "Rocket", and was regarded as a "master-apprentice battle". Unfortunately, Zhao Xintong was out.
O'Sullivan vs. Maguire, the prospects for the Rockets to advance to the top 4 are promising.