On April 30, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship ended the 14th matchday competition, O'Sullivan broke the balance in the second stage of the semi-finals, he won 5 consecutive sets, hit another champion Higgins, currently leading 10-6, the hope of advancing to the final is very large. Overall, O'Sullivan is getting better, and he is the most consistent of the top four players, which is admirable.
At this World Championship, O'Sullivan eliminated David Gilbert, Mark Allen, Stephen Maguire, and won all three games with a big score, so it can be said that O'Sullivan easily advanced to the final four. The opponent in the semifinals is Higgins, from the total record of the fight, O'Sullivan is dominant, but in recent encounters, O'Sullivan has won fewer and lost more, and it can be said that Higgins is O'Sullivan's number one opponent in the championship.
In the first stage, O'Sullivan's offensive data was dominant, especially the batting success rate was far ahead, but the key moments were consecutively sent errors, and the two sides played 4 draws. In the second stage, O'Sullivan took the lead and won the 9th set with 73 points. Higgins won the 10th inning 64-34, and he scored a single 53 in the 11th inning to beat O'Sullivan 6-5.
After that, O'Sullivan suddenly exerted his strength and took over the game, he played 99 points, 91 points, 55 points, 70 points in a row, and after winning 4 consecutive sets to take a 9-6 lead, it can be said that O'Sullivan has broken the balance. The final inning of the second stage was quite exciting, Higgins scored a single 53 points, but unfortunately he lost a black ball that could be super-scored, and even so, Higgins established a 58-7 lead, at this time, there were exactly 51 points left on the court.
For O'Sullivan, he needs to play three sets of red balls and black balls, and clear all the color balls to equalize the score, which is of course very difficult. Under the pressure, O'Sullivan showed his strength, the long platform, the position is quite accurate, O'Sullivan really equalized the score. The black ball was then reset to determine the winner, Higgins risked an offensive defeat, and O'Sullivan scored the black ball to complete the extreme reversal, ending the second stage with a 10-6 lead.
Obviously, 10-6 is a relatively large lead, and O'Sullivan's impromptu state is completely better than Higgins, so far, O'Sullivan has shot 2 hundreds, 8 50+, and Higgins only has 4 50+, with a maximum score of 58 points, and the offensive end is far inferior to O'Sullivan. As long as O'Sullivan remains in steady form, victory is just around the corner.
Compared with the presence of the four players, O'Sullivan is more stable and is obviously the number one favorite to win the title. At present, it seems that the three great news is expected to be born in O'Sullivan at the same time, first to win the seventh world championship and equal Hendry, followed by becoming the oldest world champion in history, and thirdly to end the season as the world number one. Can O'Sullivan end the suspense in the third phase? Let's wait and see!