On April 30, Beijing time, the semi-finals of the Snooker World Championship continued to compete. In the second stage of the matchup between O'Sullivan and Higgins, O'Sullivan played a very fierce attack, winning five consecutive sets at one point to end the first two stages of the battle with a 10-6 lead. Especially in the 16th set, O'Sullivan reversed at the limit with a 7-58 trail and won by grabbing a black ball to reverse, which is a classic.
O'Sullivan is currently ranked No. 1 in the world and Higgins is ranked No. 6 in the world. Also a legendary player of the 75 Three Masters, O'Sullivan has won the World Championships 6 times, and Higgins has also won the championship four times. The two had previously 72 times in their careers, with O'Sullivan winning 38 and losing 34, almost equally. In the first stage of this game, the two sides also played evenly, drawing 4-4, and both sides also showed a very good feel.
In the second stage, O'Sullivan took the lead, blasting a single shot 73 points to win, 5-4. Higgins then pulled back a set 64-34 and kept a clean sheet 79-0 in the 11th inning to tie the score back to 6-5. O'Sullivan began to explode at this point, shooting consecutive singles of 99, 91, 55 and 70 points, and after four consecutive games, he was already leading 9-6.
The 16th inning was born, and after the opening tentative of the two sides, Higgins took the lead and shot 53 points to take a 58-7 lead. At this point, Higgins only needs to score another black ball, and he can complete the super point. However, in the face of a simple black ball, Higgins made an inexplicable mistake, and the scene also issued a cry of surprise. Higgins led by 51 points, and there were just 51 points left on the table.
O'Sullivan did not waste a chance, successfully scored 3 sets of red and black combinations, and then finished playing the color ball to achieve clearance, and the two sides entered the black link with a 58 draw. In the end, O'Sullivan won the black battle and completed the extreme reversal 65-58, thus ending the second stage with a score of 10-6. For Higgins, he himself is also very sorry, there is no doubt that the loss of this game will make Higgins very regretful, and may also affect the subsequent mentality.