In the semi-finals of the 2022 World Snooker Championships, O'Sullivan led Higgins 10-6 and Trump led Mark Williams 13-11. Winning the championship hot list, O'Sullivan returned to No. 1 and Trump no. 2, the two had a clear advantage, and they were optimistic about the final! Mark Williams was No. 3 and Higgins was at the bottom.
O'Sullivan vs Higgins, originally, the two sides have been tightly matched, but in the second stage, Higgins collapsed, he once led 6-5, but after that, O'Sullivan won five consecutive sets, 10-6 to establish the advantage. On the pitch, O'Sullivan was heavier and Higgins made more mistakes. Such a backward score made O'Sullivan once again the number one favorite to win the championship. As for Higgins, for the first time, he was reduced to the bottom of the list.
Trump was chased 11-13 by Mark Williams, but trump had a big advantage in the title-winning favourites list. The two men played out, and in the first stage, Mark Williams was in a slump and Trump was far ahead of the curve. In the second stage, Mark Williams picked up the feel, with both sides winning four sets each, with Mark Williams leading 11-5. In the third stage, Trump won another set, 12-5, and the victory seemed to be just around the corner. But Mark Williams burst out, winning five straight sets to make it 10-12. At the end of the third stage, Trump led 13-11. Since the semi-finals were a 17-win-of-33 set, Trump only needed to win four more sets to advance to the final.
From the score point of view, Mark Williams must play 6-3, 6-2, 6-1, 6-0 in the final stage to achieve a counter-kill, which is not small.
Judging from the situation of winning the hot list, O'Sullivan and Trump will meet in the final, which is a high probability of what happens.
At 17:00 Beijing time on April 30, O'Sullivan will start the third stage of the match with Higgins. At 21:30 Beijing time on April 30, Trump will start the final stage of the competition with Mark Williams, when the first final place will be created.
If O'Sullivan and Trump meet in the final, will it be the ultimate showdown that everyone is most looking forward to?