In the early morning of April 29, Beijing time, in the semi-finals of the 2022 World Snooker Championship, O'Sullivan and Higgins ushered in the 77th career duel, after 76 times, O'Sullivan won 38 wins, 35 losses and 3 draws, but the last 3 encounters, Higgins won all.
In this campaign, the first three innings belonged entirely to Higgins, the first inning 76-53, the second inning 69-46, the third inning 87-32, Higgins won consecutively, played a single 50 and 58 points, O'Sullivan did not shoot a 50+, and there were many mistakes, completely out of state, the game dominance was firmly controlled by Higgins. The first three innings were almost chaotic, higgins won, and apparently Higgins played his own style of game.
However, the fourth set became a turning point, and O'Sullivan seized the opportunity to shoot a single 70 to win, while also heating up his own feel. In the fifth set, O'Sullivan scored another 54 points to make it 99-1. In the sixth set, O'Sullivan exploded with 116 points.
At this time, O'Sullivan can really enter the state, but also a hi, out of the previous confident pace, three consecutive sets, the general division into a 3-3 draw, the semi-final for the first time is no longer behind. Now that the situation has reversed, O'Sullivan's momentum has overwhelmed Higgins.
In addition, in the sixth inning, the single shot broke 116 points, and O'Sullivan also broke the all-time record of professional snooker to 1162!