The 2022 snooker finally ushered in the championship after half a month of fierce matches, and the two top superstars, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Judd Trump, will decide the final champion in four stages in two days.
The final stage came as promised, and in the first stage of the game, O'Sullivan's overall form was obviously slightly better than Trump's, and in the first half of the game, O'Sullivan exploded more than 100 to take the lead, but there were also some minor problems.
In the fourth set of the two sides, Trump made a precise defense against O'Sullivan's first dismissal and failed, and the referee (Mathil) did not get O'Sullivan's approval after the reset, and still failed to meet O'Sullivan's satisfaction after re-adjusting with the technical platform.
At this time, O'Sullivan has begun a referee some verbal disputes, O'Sullivan has appeared to hand the rod to the referee to let him play, seeing that the reset has not been successful, Trump also came on the field to carefully observe and give adjustment opinions.
Through Trump's move after coming up, it shows that the referee's reset does have a slight deviation, which is also the key to O'Sullivan's dissatisfaction, and after some tossing and turning, the referee finally resets successfully with trump's help before the two sides continue to play.
I thought that this unexpected episode was skipped, but I did not expect that the final innings of the first stage of the game once again surprised the fans, and O'Sullivan actually had a fierce quarrel with the referee after hitting the ball back in the rest area.
The reason was that in the eighth set O'Sullivan made a mistake and formed snooker when he walked the yellow ball with the opportunity to reverse, O'Sullivan returned to the field after solving the foul, And Trump came up to prepare to hit the ball, just at this time the referee suspended the game to warn O'Sullivan not to affect the opponent's shot.
Through the exchange between the two sides, it was learned that O'Sullivan had poured water under the field when Trump hit the ball, and the referee believed that this action interfered with Trump's hitting and made a warning, and O'Sullivan obviously did not eat this set and pointed to the referee and his theory, and the scene was once a little out of control.
However, this unexpected event did not affect Trump to chase the score 3-5, but O'Sullivan's move caused a lot of controversy, and many bullet screens on the live broadcast also said that O'Sullivan should not be like this, let alone argue with him after the referee's warning.
It is not known whether this accident will affect the direction of the next game, but more importantly, referee Martir and O'Sullivan had a dispute in the game in the early years, and it is also unknown whether the two sides will continue to have controversies in the next three stages.