On April 27, 2022, the first final four seats at the Snooker World Championships were released, and O'Sullivan eliminated Maguire 13-5, waiting for the winners of Higgins and Lissovsky, O'Sullivan is expected to play Higgins again, and the 75 three jays compete for the place in the second half final.
O'Sullivan has won the World Championship six times and set world records many times, this season he reached the final twice, the World Grand Prix defeat robertson, the European Masters lost to Van Zhengyi, came to the stage of Crucible, O'Sullivan performed strongly, the first two rounds were quick decisions, the first 10-5 elimination of Gilbert, the second 13-4 swept Mark. Allen, is expected to hit the seventh crown.
The opponent is the post-80s star Maguire, ranked 40th in the world, who won four consecutive games from the qualifiers to advance to the quarterfinals, eliminating seeded player Sean. Murphy and Zhao Xintong showed a strong impact, but against O'Sullivan, Maguire had a small chance of winning, the two have met 23 times in their careers, Maguire has only won four games, O'Sullivan is not in the best state, so far they have won easier.
1/4 Finals 13 wins in 25 innings for up to three stages, with O'Sullivan leading Maguire 6-2 in the first innings and losing six straight sets after losing the first set, Maguire winning 68-8 in the first set, O'Sullivan equalising 77-16 in the second set, O'Sullivan scoring a single 54 points in the third set, winning another set at 78-45, Maguire playing a single 55 point in the fourth set to interrupt the attack, and O'Sullivan playing a single 70 points.
At the end of the half-time, O'Sullivan won the fight 68-28 in the fifth set, O'Sullivan won 70-2 in the sixth set, O'Sullivan blasted out a single shot of 123 points in the seventh set, and Maguire withstood the pressure in the eighth set to play a single 56 points to win a set back at 76-50, Maguire made too many simple mistakes, some on the phone will not be able to grasp, O'Sullivan scored a higher success rate, the overall performance is relatively stable.
Next came the second stage, O'Sullivan led Maguire 11-5, winning five consecutive sets to open up the point difference, in the 9th set Maguire played a single 62 points, in the 10th set O'Sullivan played a single 73 points, in the 11th set O'Sullivan played a single 64 points, in the 12th set O'Sullivan played a single 55 points, to win another set 68-10, in the 13th set O'Sullivan played a single 69 points, all of which were single-shot to win.
In the 14th inning O'Sullivan scored a single 94 points, in the 15th O'Sullivan scored a single 73 points, in the 16th game Maguire played a single 66 points to win a set, O'Sullivan led the six sets, resulting in the loss of suspense in the outcome of the game, this time Maguire was not an opponent at all.
Finally, in the third stage, Maguire scored a red ball in the 17th set, but could not continue to connect the attack, O'Sullivan played a single 71 points, 12-5 to get the match point, in the 18th set O'Sullivan blasted a single shot 126 points to end the game, and finally eliminated Maguire 13-5 to advance to the final four.