On April 30, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship entered the 15th match day, and the final seat was about to be born. At present, O'Sullivan is 10-6 ahead of Higgins, Mark Williams is behind Trump 11-13, and the two title-winning favourites O'Sullivan and Mark Williams are both working hard at key moments, and the hopes of the final are greatly increased.
At this World Championship, three veterans O'Sullivan, Higgins and Mark Williams joined hands to advance to the final four, and the other top four seat belonged to the post-80s star Trump. O'Sullivan is widely regarded as the number one favourite, he is eager to win a seventh World Championship title, he takes the game seriously, Crucible is like his home stadium, he seems to be at ease here.
In the second stage of the match against Higgins, O'Sullivan suddenly exerted his strength, both a wonderful single-shot victory and a wonderful single-set extreme reversal, he won 5 consecutive sets to lead Higgins 10-6 and get the initiative to advance to the final. Higgins' form is indeed a bit sluggish compared to O'Sullivan, and if the third stage can't narrow the point difference, he may not be in the final.
In the other semi-final, Mark Williams played Trump, Mark Williams eliminated Yan Bingtao, his offensive strength is very strong, the decisiveness of the key moments is also commendable, in the extremely stressful situation, Mark Williams insisted on his own style of play, the offensive accuracy is particularly high. Although Trump has won Bingham in eight consecutive sets, his form at this World Championship is very average, and Mark Williams is more optimistic.
However, the trend of the game was unexpected, the first stage, Mark Williams fell behind 1-7, the second stage failed to narrow the point difference, the big score came to 5-11, the situation is particularly unfavorable. However, Mark Williams, like O'Sullivan, also broke out at a crucial moment, he won five consecutive sets in the third stage and is currently only 11-13 behind, it can be said that Mark Williams is rising momentum fiercely, while Trump is under a lot of pressure, changes in mental state may affect the trend of the game, Mark Williams's hopes of advancing to the final are greatly increased.
On the next 15th matchday, both semi-finals will be played and will still be divided into three time slots, 17:00 pm, 21:30 pm, and 2:00 am the next day, O'Sullivan and Higgins will appear in the first and third time slots, Mark Williams and Trump will appear in the second time slot, and if nothing else, the first final seat will be between Mark Williams and Trump.
In addition, the outcome of the two semi-finals will also affect the world number one battle, if Mark Williams is out early, Mark Selby will not be able to retain the world number one position, if Trump advances to the final, Higgins will not qualify for the world number one. This matchday is especially important and the competition will be very fierce, so let's wait and see!