On the evening of April 30, Beijing time, the semi-finals of the 2022 Snooker World Championship, Rocket O'Sullivan continued to expand his advantage 15-9, in this 33-inning 17-win game, only 2 sets away from victory, wizard Higgins needed a miracle to counterattack.
In the first stage, the two drew 4-4. In the second stage, O'Sullivan played Higgins a 6-2 and the General Bureau scored 10-6 to build an advantage.
Tonight's third stage, Higgins briefly approached 9-12. However, in the 22nd set, Higgins' fatal mistake was a full-time winner, O'Sullivan seized the opportunity to win three consecutive sets, and Higgins trailed 9-15 to end the first three stages of the first three sets.
Focus on the 22nd inning, this is Higgins just finished a hundred innings in the 21st set, the Wizard chased the momentum, once again took the lead, unfortunately, a simple ball error, became a turning point, O'Sullivan did not miss such an opportunity, single shot 121 points to win the 22nd set. Losing this round, Higgins's expression still looks very calm, but as you can imagine, his heart is absolutely remorseful.
As it turned out, the 22nd inning was indeed a turning point! Next, O'Sullivan completely cut off higgins' momentum, single shot 54 points and single shot broke 134 points, and won the 23rd and 24th sets, with a 3-game winning streak to give the third stage a perfect ending, 15-9 general points, meaning that O'Sullivan was only 2 sets away from his 8th World Championship final!
Looking back at the first three stages of the match, O'Sullivan lost three consecutive sets to start 0-3, and then slammed 15-6 to turn over, one foot has stepped into the final.