On April 26, 2022, the Snooker World Championship continued, with the quarter-finals kicking off, eight players pounding into the final four, and the first eight innings ended with O'Sullivan leading Maguire 6-2. Williams led Yan Bingtao 6-2.
O'Sullivan is a legendary player of snooker, he has won the World Championship six times, second only to Hendry, this season not only returned to the world number one, but also defeated Robertson at the World Grand Prix to win the 38th ranking championship of his career, the European Masters lost to Fan Zhengyi and finished runner-up, just in the first two rounds, O'Sullivan eliminated Gilbert 10-5 and swept Mark 13-4. Allan.
Maguire was the only qualifier to reach the quarterfinals, and although the world ranking slipped to 40th after deducting his previous points bonus, Maguire could not be underestimated and had the strength to beat any seeded player, and in the first two rounds, Maguire beat Sean 10-8. Murphy, 13-9 eliminated Zhao Xintong, the next opponent is O'Sullivan, outside fans have little confidence in Maguire.
The two have met 24 times in their careers, O'Sullivan has lost four times, just four years ago at the World Championships, O'Sullivan defeated Maguire 10-7 to win five consecutive wins, O'Sullivan once predicted that Maguire can dominate the world, now it seems that there is a big gap with reality.
The match was played in 25 sets with 13 wins, divided into three stages, now only playing the first stage, the first set O'Sullivan is not in the form, Maguire played steadily, taking the lead 66-8, Maguire made mistakes in the second set, O'Sullivan played several times to equalize at 77-16, In the third set Maguire scored 45 points to interrupt the attack, O'Sullivan seized the opportunity to play a single 54 points to win 78-45.
In the fourth set, Maguire scored a single 55 points, there was a major mistake and failed to continue to connect, O'Sullivan played a single 70 points to win another set, both sides entered the intermission, both were not in the best condition, but O'Sullivan's overall performance, compared to Maguire, was still better, the fifth set of the two had a long defensive battle, O'Sullivan piecemeal, played 68-28 to complete the super score.
In the sixth inning, Maguire scored two red balls, but failed to continue to connect the attack, O'Sullivan scored 27 points to turn into the defense, and then Maguire missed the ball again, O'Sullivan completed the score 70-2, O'Sullivan blasted a single 123 points in the seventh inning, And in the eighth Maguire scored a single 56 points to win a set at 76-50, O'Sullivan's status online won six consecutive sets, which also put a lot of pressure on Maguire.
This year's World Championships 75 three masters are back to the top, whether it is O'Sullivan, or Mark. Williams, both continue the previous good competitive state, there are still two stages to play, and finally hope that Yan Bingtao will go all out to break through himself and come on!