On the evening of April 23, the Snooker World Championship ended a focus battle, the world's first Ronnie O'Sullivan performance is still strong, in the case of a 12-4 lead in the two stages, the whole game exploded 2 shots to break the 1008 50+, the total score of 13-4 swept northern Ireland's Mark Allen, after two years to enter the World Championship Quarterfinals, only 3 wins from the World Championship seven-crown record. So far, the quarterfinals of this World Championship have locked up 3 places, namely Williams, Maguire and O'Sullivan. Playing at the next table in the same period, Judd Trump has a temporary 2-0 lead over Anthony McGill in the first leg of the match between the two sides.
O'Sullivan eliminated Gilbert 10-5 in the first round, firing 3 shots to break 500 100+, showing super attacking power, this World Championships facing Hendry's seven-crown record, obviously prepared; Allen beat Donaldson 10-6 in the first round, also handed over 2 shots to break 50+ offensive data, the state of matching the Rockets is also not to be underestimated. The Rockets led Allen 6-2 in the first leg, and the Rockets sent another 6-2 in the second leg, establishing a huge 12-4 lead over two legs and holding eight match points to enter stage 3. Beginning in Stage 3, Allen made a rare combos error after getting on the pitch and again in the attack that followed, with O'Sullivan winning the inning to end the game.
The Next quarter-final Rockets will face Stephen Maguire, who scored into Crucible as a qualifier, eliminating Shaun Murphy and Zhao Xintong, two seeded players, and the first two games combined to blast 2 strokes to break 12 50+, showing a good competitive level. The two sides have a record of 23 encounters, with the Rockets winning 19 of them and three first-round showdowns at the World Championships, with Maguire losing all. According to the schedule, the first leg of this 1/4 final will start at 17:00 Beijing time on April 26, and the second and third stages will be held at 02:00 and 17:00 on April 27, when "Inverted Sword Flower" will push relevant reports, so stay tuned.