On May 1, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championships ended the 15th matchday competition, O'Sullivan eliminated Higgins 17-11, and advanced to the final of the World Championships for the eighth time, which will attack the 7th World Championship champion. O'Sullivan's performance was impressive, and three competitors Hendry, Higgins and Mark Williams exclaimed, and there was no suspense about who was the best in history.
At this World Championship, O'Sullivan is in excellent form, and more importantly, his attitude towards the game is particularly serious, Trump said that he has never seen O'Sullivan play so carefully, which is O'Sullivan's desire for the championship. Let's take a look at O'Sullivan's report card:
David Gilbert was eliminated 10-5 in the first round, Mark Allen 13-4 in the second round, Stephen Maguire 13-5 in the third round and Higgins 17-11 in the semifinals. The opponents are very strong, but there are not many ways to do in front of O'Sullivan, it can be said that O'Sullivan won very easily, and the road to promotion has hardly encountered too many challenges.
Next, O'Sullivan can hit 3 historical records in the final:
The first is the seventh World Championship title, a record that Hendry has held for 23 years, a record that O'Sullivan is expected to share with Hendry. If you win this championship, you will also complete the feat of 7 sets of Grand Slams.
This is followed by the oldest champion of the World Championships to date.
The third is that O'Sullivan has now shot a 12-stroke 100, and the final will hit the record of 16 shots of 100 held by Hendry and Mark Williams. With 35 innings and an 18-win system, in O'Sullivan's current state, it is entirely possible to shoot 4 or even 4 or more to break the 100.
Of course, if O'Sullivan wins the championship, he will break many records, such as the total number of championships in the ranking tournament, the total number of champions in the three major competitions, the total number of single shots, etc., but these records are all compared with O'Sullivan and himself.
O'Sullivan, 46, is so good that his competitors have served. Hendry said O'Sullivan took the snooker to a new level. Mark Williams said Ronnie was two kilometres ahead of me and he didn't even need a 7th world title to be the best in the world. Higgins said O'Sullivan was the best in history and that winning the title would quell the controversy.
Final opponent Trump, while not lashing out to O'Sullivan, said Ronnie had been my hero since childhood and he wanted to prove himself to be the best by winning his 7th world title.
Regardless of the outcome of the final, Ronnie O'Sullivan is associated with the best player of all time, whether he wins the championship or not, he will not stop moving forward, the legendary journey continues, let's wait and see!