Even if Jin's left hand played Xiaote 6-2 in stage 3 to chase the score to 11-13, Xiaote is likely to get Jin's left hand to break into the final and sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight:
O'Sullivan and Higgins, two old comrades-in-arms, must go through a brutal duel to challenge the energetic "ace" Judd in the final. Trump.
This is really cruel, for wizards and rockets, no matter who breaks through, it is very likely to talk to the young and vigorous little special, so that the difficulty of winning the championship will be invisibly increased.
It was an early final, and the two had met again in the semi-finals after 24 years, after 1998 (when Higgins beat O'Sullivan 17-9 in the semi-finals to reach the final and eventually won the first World Championship), and the time span was too long, making this duel precious.
The last time the two played each other at the World Championships was in the 2011 quarterfinals, when Higgins defeated O'Sullivan 13-10 on aggregate and reached the final to win the title.
This time, can Higgins continue the magic of "just beat O'Sullivan to win the championship"?
But regardless of the outcome, this game is destined to go down in snooker history.
In the first eight innings, Higgins scored 2 consecutive 50+ in the opening round to make it 3-0 for O'Sullivan.
But in the ensuing game, O'Sullivan bounced back in form, shooting a 1-shot breaker and a 4-stroke 50+ firepower to draw Higgins 4-4 on aggregate.
In the second stage, the two sides played hard to score, from 5-5 to 6-6, after which O'Sullivan re-attacked, hitting 4 consecutive 50+ high scores to hit Higgins 4-1, ending the second stage with a total score of 10-6.
In the first two stages of the 16-inning firepower comparison, the rocket crushed the wizard:
Higgins only shot a 4-shot 50+ score, while O'Sullivan blasted a 2-shot 100 and an 8-50+ fire.
The two sides fought defensively in the crucial 3rd stage, with Higgins grabbing O'Sullivan's defensive miss to gain possession and hit the ball.
O'Sullivan rarely had a global battle with Higgins after tasting the sweetness of a one-set reversal in the previous stage, only to lose the round 10-7 after being busy for more than half an hour.
But in the next 18th inning, O'Sullivan slashed through the chaos of more than 30 minutes of defensive play, directly blasting a delicate single-shot 80+ to reverse the set, rewriting the score to 11-7.
However, Higgins then hit a brilliant single 50+ in the 19th inning to cut the score to 8-11.
In the following game, O'Sullivan firmly suppressed Higgins, scoring 121 points, 54 points and 134 points in a row, accumulating 5 shots to break the 15-9 lead, and his promotion situation was very good.
In addition, at 21:30 beijing time on the evening of April 30, the "quasi-god war" Xiaote and Jin Left Hand Battle will launch the final 9 innings of the decisive stage, and the two sides will temporarily play 11-13 in the first two stages, and Xiaote is still leading.