The 2021-2022 World Snooker Championship quarterfinals are all over, "75 Three Masters" Higgins, O'Sullivan, Mark Williams once again reached the final four after 23 years, the top seed O'Sullivan effortlessly swept the "dark horse" Maguire 13:5, Mark Williams won three consecutive sets at the end of the game with a total score of 13:11 and then came in to beat the Chinese team's "post-00" young player Yan Bingtao, while Higgins experienced a twist and turn in the match with Lisowski. From leading to trailing to turning defeat into victory, Higgins won two consecutive sets of 13:12 to win the total score of 13:12 against Lisovsky, one of the "91 Three Masters", to advance to the final four. The favourite to win the championship, the No. 4 seed Trump refused to be upset, in the match against the "post-70s" veteran Bingham, Trump suddenly made a force in the second half, he was 5:8 behind the incredible win of eight consecutive sets, the total score of 13:8 eliminated the world champion Bingham, and "75 three masters" to advance to the final four.
The semi-finals will be held from 28 to 30 and will be completed in four stages, with the semi-finals in a 17-of-33 set, the first match being played by Trump against Mark Williams, the second by O'Sullivan against "The Witch" Higgins, and the winner of the two matches will compete for this year's World Championship. Trump, the youngest of the four, played against Mark Williams, both sides have performed strongly in the first few games, especially the veteran Mark Williams, who eliminated Michael White 10:3 in the first two rounds, and defeated jackson Jackson Page 13:3 in the first round, facing "Selby Jr." Yan Bingtao in the last round, Mark Williams was tied in the lead, and the third stage of the game was once again behind, and the last moment was won by three consecutive sets with accuracy. Trump eliminated Hussein Waffy, Anthony McGill and Bingham in the first three rounds of the tournament to advance to the final four, Trump's current World Championship status showed an upward trend, which is good news for him, the semi-final is just in the best moment of the state, and the championship favorite Trump is expected to go further.
Trump and Mark Williams are both known for their offensive accuracy, "Golden Left Hand" Mark Williams was called Snooker's "most accurate man" at his peak, and Trump was called the new "most accurate man" after he became famous. Mark Williams is actually not in good shape this season, but after coming to the World Championships, he seems to have changed a person, this is his self-adjustment ability, Trump compared with the previous two seasons, the decline in form is also visible to the naked eye, but this World Championships he has created the best result in the past three years, the ability to control the game is quite outstanding.
The two have played each other 27 times before, and Trump has an absolute advantage of 18 wins and 9 losses, but the two have never met in the history of the World Championships, which has to be said to be a miracle. As the game deepened, Trump's state gradually returned to courage, and Mark Williams's firepower was not as fierce as the first two rounds, in general, there was a downward trend, plus the World Championship was a long game, the 14-year-old Trump was significantly more energetic and hard-working, if he could play the third round of the third stage of the game level, Trump's probability of defeating Mark Williams was obviously greater.
O'Sullivan and Higgins, the two world champions, will stage the "Xio" for the 76th time, and both of them are in good shape in this competition, especially O'Sullivan, whose opponents in three rounds have scored no more than five sets, if this fiery feel continues, O'Sullivan can be said to be unstoppable, and there is a great chance of winning the seventh World Championship. Higgins is not in a good state, the first two rounds of the game eliminated two Thai players, the third round of the game reversal defeated Lisovsky, can be said to withstand a huge test, which is not necessarily a good thing for Higgins. The two have played 75 times before, O'Sullivan generally occupies a certain advantage, but Higgins can be called O'Sullivan's "bitter lord", this is because in the ranking game record, Higgins has the advantage, that is to say, Higgins has won more games in large competitions, in the past two years, Higgins and O'Sullivan have played six times, Higgins has an absolute advantage of five wins and one loss, this time again, Higgins has a certain psychological advantage.
With the "bitter lord" Neil Robertson, Selby has been out, O'Sullivan has ushered in a "bitter lord" Higgins, this season the two sides have met three times, Higgins all won, the most recent meeting between the two sides was in the Scottish Open semi-finals, when Higgins swept O'Sullivan to advance to the final, in addition to the English Open and the championship match, Higgins are the larger score to beat O'Sullivan, it can be said that O'Sullivan ushered in the most powerful opponent of this world championship. From the first three rounds of the World Championships, O'Sullivan is in better shape than Higgins, but the first three rounds of too easy games are also a hidden danger for the number one seed, Higgins is known for being "steady", and Higgins, whose state shows an upward trend, still has a certain advantage in the semi-final with O'Sullivan, but the comprehensive strength of the two is almost the same, the victory or defeat of the game still depends on the on-site play, after all, the game is divided into four stages, three match days to finish, who wants to easily qualify is not easy.