In the quarterfinals of the first World Snooker Championship just concluded on April 27, 2022, the world's number one "Rocket" Roño Sullivan scored 123 points, 126 points, 54 points, 70 points, 64 points, 55 points, 69 points, 94 points, 73 points and 71 points with a superb performance of 13-5 to defeat former British championship champion Stephen Maguire to reach the final four. Next, he will compete with the winners between Higgins and Lissovsky for tickets to the most Chinese final of the tournament.
O'Sullivan led Maguire 6-2 in six straight sets
In the first stage of O'Sullivan's match with Maguire, O'Sullivan was not in perfect shape, but he still played a small climax of six consecutive wins. In the first set, Maguire won 68-8 before O'Sullivan returned a 1-1 draw with Maguire at 77:16. In the third set, O'Sullivan scored 54 points at 78:45 to take a 2-1 lead. O'Sullivan then took a 3-1 lead in the fourth inning with a single shot of 70:70:55. In the fifth set, O'Sullivan took a 4-1 lead in the set 68-28. In the 6th set, O'Sullivan won 70-2 to take a 5-1 lead over Maguire. In the 7th inning, O'Sullivan scored 123 points at 123:20 to take a 6-1 lead. In the 8th inning, Maguire pulled back the first eight innings with a 56-point performance to win 76-50 to end the first eight innings with a 2-6 trail behind O'Sullivan.
Maguire lost five straight sets to trail O'Sullivan 5-11
After the game entered the second stage, although Maguire and O'Sullivan's form had warmed up, O'Sullivan clearly had the initiative on the field. The game moved to the ninth inning, and Maguire scored 62 points to win the set 63-21 and trail O'Sullivan 3-6. In the 10th set, Maguire scored 73 points and 73:1 to win another set to trail O'Sullivan 4-6 and narrow the gap into two sets. In the 11th inning, O'Sullivan scored 64 points to take a 7-4 lead at 68-25. In the 12th inning, O'Sullivan scored 55 points to win the set 68-10 to give Maguire an 8-4 lead. In the 13th inning, O'Sullivan scored 69 points and 87-22 to take a 9-4 lead and extended the advantage to five innings. In the 14th inning, O'Sullivan scored a 94-point clean sheet for Maguire to take a 10-4 lead. In the 15th set, O'Sullivan single-handedly blasted 73 points, 77:0, again to stage a clean sheet to take an 11-4 lead. In the 16th set, Maguire won 66-67-0 to win the set 5-11 behind O'Sullivan.
O'Sullivan won two more sets to beat Maguire 13-5
After the third stage of the game, Maguire still did not adjust to his form quickly. In the 17th inning, Maguire took the lead in scoring a red ball to get a mobile session, but he made a serious mistake when he then attacked the black ball in the left bottom pocket and left O'Sullivan with an opportunity to attack. Immediately after, O'Sullivan scored the red ball and successfully played, and finally O'Sullivan single-handedly blasted 71 points to win the game 71-1 to lead Maguire 12-5 to successfully get the match point. In the 18th set, O'Sullivan took the lead in catching Maguire's mistake to get eight points and made a mistake, and then Maguire made another mistake, O'Sullivan scored the right center bag red ball to play. He then won the set with a single shot of 126 points to beat Maguire 13-5 to advance to the final four. Next, he will compete with the winner between Higgins and Lisowski for the final spot.