The 2022 World Snooker Championships entered the crucial contest, with eight players fighting fiercely for a place in the semi-finals, with Roninho Sullivan leading Stephen Maguire 11-5, and O'Sullivan winning two more sets to advance to the semifinals. John Higgins, also in the lower half, leads Jack Lissovsky 5-3, and if nothing else, O'Sullivan is expected to meet Higgins in the semi-finals!
Jimmy White, a snooker star and known as the "White Whirlwind", is a special commentator at this World Championship, and for Roninio Sullivan, Jimmy White frankly said: "Ronnie is a special player, and he participates in the game a lot of times the organizer has to give him an appearance fee, maybe the appearance fee will make him lose the attention to winning the game." Against Maguire, Ronnie's crazy mistake in the 12th inning proved it, and he was careless. ”
'If Ronnie advances to the semi-finals with this mentality, if the opponent is John Higgins, Ronnie can't play with this mentality, and his rival is Higgins." O'Sullivan also admitted to playing badly for a mistake in the middle of the 12th inning, but in the end he won the set.
Jimmy White continued: "There's no doubt Higgins has been playing well this season, with Jack, and I'm sure Higgins will win the semi-finals of the tournament and then stage a showdown with Ronnie. If Ronnie wants to beat Higgins to the final, it's clear that Ronnie has to go all out and not have a slack mentality. ”
This season, Roninio Sullivan and John Higgins met three times, in the English Open, the Crown and the Scottish Open, respectively, but unfortunately, Roniho Sullivan lost to Higgins 3 times. As Jimmy White said: At this World Championship, O'Sullivan's biggest opponent in the final may be John Higgins!
In the second round, when Mark Allen played against Ronin Sullivan, it was revealed that there was a special camera crew following Ronin Sullivan alone at the World Championships, and they wanted to record O'Sullivan's history of winning the 7th crown. Mark Allen also said that he would do his best to prevent O'Sullivan's promotion, but unfortunately lost 4-13, and O'Sullivan successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
The opponent in the round of 8 was Maguire, and O'Sullivan was in the lead, shooting a 1-100 and 7 50 to lead 11-5. O'Sullivan is just two sets away from reaching the semi-finals, and there is no doubt that Maguire will have a hard time turning the tables. I believe that many fans are not worried about O'Sullivan's promotion, worried about who is the opponent in the semi-finals, whether he can advance to the final, and more noteworthy is whether O'Sullivan can win the championship at this World Championship and equal the record of 7 crowns held by Hendry.