In the first stage of the world snooker championship quarterfinals that just ended on April 26, 2022, Beijing time, six-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stephen Maguire played a stale match. In this game, O'Sullivan performed well. Although he was not in ideal shape at the beginning, as the game progressed, he gradually regained his touch and won six consecutive sets with 123 points, 54 points and 70 points to lead Maguire 6-2. Next, the two sides will start the second stage of the match at 2 o'clock in the morning tomorrow.
O'Sullivan won three straight sets to lead Maguire 3-1
In the first four innings of O'Sullivan and Maguire, both O'Sullivan and Maguire were in fair form because they both had more simple mistakes. In the first set, Maguire successfully won the game 68:8 to take a 1-0 lead with multiple opportunities to win the game. In the second set, O'Sullivan scored 77 points with a scattered offense and multiple chances to win the game 77-16 to draw 1-1 with Maguire. In the third set, O'Sullivan single-handedly blasted 54 points to win the game 78-45 to take a 2-1 lead over Maguire. In the fourth inning, Maguire scored a 55-point error and O'Sullivan scored 70 points to win the game 70-55 to take a 3-1 lead to end the first half.
O'Sullivan won two straight sets to lead Maguire 5-1
After the game entered the second half, Maguire and O'Sullivan were still not in very good shape. The game moved to the fifth inning, Maguire scored the first red ball and made a mistake, and O'Sullivan scored six points and made a mistake. Immediately after, Maguire made another mistake, and O'Sullivan also made a mistake when he scored 16 points. In the end, O'Sullivan won the game 68:28 after several starts to take a 4-1 lead. In the sixth set, O'Sullivan and Maguire played very cautiously from the beginning, in defense, Maguire scored the first red ball but made a mistake, and then O'Sullivan scored a red ball and successfully won the mobile phone meeting, and after scoring 20 points, he made a mistake. In the end, O'Sullivan won the set 70-1 to take a 5-1 lead.
O'Sullivan won two straight sets to lead Maguire 6-2
As the game moved into the seventh inning, Maguire played more cautiously. After scoring the red ball, Maguire directly chose to lightly stick the yellow ball to make a high-quality snooker. After Maguire took a 20-0 lead, the two sides once again began a sticky defensive battle. In the defensive battle, Maguire again made a serious mistake, and O'Sullivan successfully scored a red ball to get a chance. In the end, O'Sullivan scored a 123-pointer to take a 6-1 lead with a 123-20 victory in the game. In the eighth inning, Maguire took the lead in giving O'Sullivan the opportunity to attack from the far post, and O'Sullivan successfully scored the red ball from the far table, but he made a serious mistake after only 46 points. Maguire then scored a red ball and won the mobile session, and Maguire scored a single shot to score 56 points and made a mistake. In the end, Maguire won the game 76:50 to end the first stage of the match with a 2-6 trail behind O'Sullivan.