In the 1/4 final of the 2022 World Snooker Championships, a one-sided duel appeared, the first two stages ended, O'Sullivan played Maguire a 11-5, the game was not suspenseful. As the game progressed, O'Sullivan's title was unmistakable.
O'Sullivan is the 6th world champion, the "Rocket" is in excellent form, and the opponent Maguire previously eliminated Zhao Xintong, making the "master-apprentice showdown" impossible.
But O'Sullivan played against Maguire, the strength of the two sides was not on a horizontal line, in the first stage, O'Sullivan was once 0-1 behind, but soon won 6 consecutive games, 6-1 far ahead, the last inning of this stage, if it is not O'Sullivan himself is not rigorous enough, the "Rockets" should have led 7-1, but 6-2 is already a huge advantage.
In the second stage, Maguire blasted out 62 and 73 points to make it 4-6 and seemed to see a little hope. But the reality was cruel, and O'Sullivan blasted out 64, 55, 69, 94 and 73 points in a row, winning five games in a row and extending the advantage to 11-4! In the final inning of this stage, Maguire scored 66 points to pull back a city. In the first two stages, O'Sullivan was far ahead of the curve 11-5.
Since the match was a 13-win-of-25 innings, O'Sullivan was only two innings away from victory, while Maguire was eight innings.
In the third stage, what if Maguire can reverse? The answer is simple, he needs to hit 8-1 or 8-0, which is almost impossible!
It has to be said that O'Sullivan is too strong, and after Selby and Neil Robertson were out, O'Sullivan has become the biggest favorite to win the world championship.
O'Sullivan has reached the quarter-finals of the World Snooker Championships 12 times in the past, six of which have won, and now it is time to congratulate O'Sullivan in advance, and he will reach the top 4 for the 13th time.
Historically, O'Sullivan has won the World Championship six times in 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2020, and if he wins this year, O'Sullivan will win the World Championship for the seventh time, equaling Hendry's record. Of course, as O'Sullivan said, he doesn't need the World Championship certificate, but when he comes here, the goal is the championship, and there is no difference between taking the runner-up and exiting the first round.