In the early morning of April 30, Beijing time, the 2022 Snooker World Championships continued. O'Sullivan played against John Higgins, and in the first stage of the previous match, although John Higgins started with a 2-50+ and a 3-0 lead, O'Sullivan then went on to go 3-3 with a 1-100 and a 2-50+. In the 8th set, O'Sullivan scored his second solo 100 to close the first stage with a 4-4 run at 127 (107)-0.
At the start of the second stage, in the 9th set, Ronnie O'Sullivan shot a single 50+ in the sixth consecutive inning to win 122 (73) -1, leading 5-4 for the first time in the game. However, in the 10th and 11th innings, John Higgins won two consecutive sets 64-34 and 79 (53)-0 with his third shot of 50+ in the game, leading again with a big score of 6-5.
O'Sullivan then hit four consecutive 50+ innings to end the second leg with a 10-6 lead of 99 (99)-0, 91(91)-0, 73(55)-43, 70(70)-6 and 65-58 (53).
The semi-finals in the first half were played between Judd Trump and Mark Williams. Compared with the "Xio" in the lower half, the two have not played too many times before, and on the whole, Trump has the upper hand. The most recent meeting between the two sides was in the invitational version of the Champions League Champions Group stage in early April last year, when the "Golden Left" won 3-1.
In the first stage of the earlier match, Trump took a 3-0 lead at the start with a 5-50 plus and then returned at halftime to win four straight sets to give Mark Williams a 7-1 lead. However, in the second stage, Trump won 4 sets each with 2 shots and 2 par 50+, and the "Golden Left Hand", who shot 1 par breaker and 2 par 50+, won 4 sets each, leading 11-5.
The third stage continued, with Trump hitting his 3rd solo break in the 17th inning to win another set at 120 (120)-0 to extend the lead at 12-5. From the 18th inning, Mark Williams exploded, shooting a 1-100 and 4-50+ to beat 137 (137)-0, 119 (58,53)-0, 64-50, 67(57)-0, 77(77)-0 to win five consecutive innings to tie the score to 10-12.
In the 23rd set, Trump scored his fourth shot of the game to break the hundred, stopping the loss at 125 (113)-1 in time, and the big score was 13-10 to open the gap again. In the 24th set, the "Golden Left Hand" won another set 63-14 with multiple starts, and the big score was 11-13 behind to end the third stage.