In the first stage of the final of the World Snooker Championship, which just ended on May 1, 2022, Beijing time, O'Sullivan, the world number one, and Trump, the world number four, fought for the championship. In this game, O'Sullivan's performance can be described as very good. He won three straight sets with a single score of 120, 105, 68 and a single-set reversal to end the first eight innings of the pair with a 5-3 lead over Trump. Next, they will start the second phase of the showdown at two o'clock tomorrow. Whether Trump can complete the counter-over at this stage will be a big attraction.
O'Sullivan won three straight sets to lead Trump 3-1
In the first half of the match between the two sides, O'Sullivan's performance was outstanding. In the opening set, Trump took the lead with a superb 72 points on a single stroke and opened the door with a 1-0 lead with a 98-0 clean sheet. In the second set, O'Sullivan scored the first red ball to win the mobile session, and in the end he directly kept a clean sheet trump with a single shot of 120 points to draw 1-1 with the latter. In the third set, O'Sullivan scored 68 points and won the game 78-1 to win the game to win 2-1 over Trump. In the fourth set, although Trump scored 66 points with a single shot of 52 points and multiple mobile phone games, O'Sullivan then managed to equalize Trump with free throws and clearances. Immediately after, the two men entered a black battle, and O'Sullivan won the set 73:66 with the performance of the three libraries to take a 3-1 lead.
Trump lost two straight sets to trail O'Sullivan 1-5
After the game entered the second half, O'Sullivan's form remained strong. In the fifth inning, O'Sullivan scored the first red ball to score 18 points and went wrong. Trump then made a mistake in trying to attack the red ball in the top pocket on the right, O'Sullivan scored four points and made another mistake, and then Trump also made a mistake, and the two went directly into defensive mode. Defensively, Trump took the lead in taking the opportunity to score the red ball in the left bottom pocket, and made a mistake in the red ball in the bag after scoring 13 points. O'Sullivan scored a red ball and scored a 40-pointer to take a 4-1 lead over Trump at 62-13. In the sixth set, Trump defended with a mistake and O'Sullivan scored the red ball in the right bottom pocket. In the end, he won the game 105-4 with a strong performance of 105 points, thus confirming a 5-1 lead over Trump to extend the advantage.
O'Sullivan lost two straight sets to take a 5-3 lead over Trump
After the game entered the final two sets, Trump still did not get into form quickly. In the seventh set, Trump took the lead in scoring the red ball to get a mobile session, but was forced to choose defense due to poor calling, and then the two went into defensive mode. Defensively, O'Sullivan took the lead in a defensive error to leave Trump with a right-hand bottom pocket opening opportunity, Anddrump scored a red ball to successfully play, shot straight out 97 points to win the game 98-0 and narrowed the gap to three sets behind O'Sullivan 2-5. In the eighth set, O'Sullivan took the lead in defensive errors, and Trump directly put in the thin ball in the bottom pocket on the right side to successfully win the mobile phone meeting, but he made a mistake after only 7 points. O'Sullivan scored a red ball and a blue ball error, and Trump did not score a red ball. O'Sullivan scored a red ball in the right bottom pocket to take a 42-7 lead and chose to defend. In the end, Trump won the set 79-50 to end the first eight sets of the two sides with a 3-5 trail behind O'Sullivan.