In the second stage of the World Snooker Championship, which just ended in the early morning of May 2, 2022 Beijing time, O'Sullivan continued to compete fiercely with Trump. O'Sullivan's form remains very strong during this phase of the competition. He ended Trump's first 17 innings with a superb performance of 118, 68, 50, 97, 87, 60, 88 and five straight sets. Next, they will start the third stage of the final between the two sides at 20:00 today.
O'Sullivan won five straight sets 5-3 to lead Trump
In the first stage of the match between the two sides, O'Sullivan's performance was significantly better. In the first set, Trump scored 72 points to take a 1-0 lead. O'Sullivan then blasted out 120 and 68 runs to take a 2-1 lead in two consecutive innings. Although Trump exploded with 52 runs in the fourth set, O'Sullivan still took a 3-1 lead in a 73-66 single set. After entering the fifth set, Trump took a 4-1 lead in the next set 62:13. In the 6th set, O'Sullivan scored 105 points to win another set to take a 5-1 lead. Fortunately, Trump then won two consecutive sets with a single shot of 97 points and 79-50, allowing him to narrow the gap 3-5 behind O'Sullivan and end the first eight sets of the two sides.
Trump lost three straight sets to 4-8 behind O'Sullivan
After entering the second stage of the game, O'Sullivan's form remained strong, while Trump's form continued to be sluggish. In the ninth inning, Trump took the lead in winning the game 100-36 with a good performance of 73 points in a single shot, thus trailing O'Sullivan 4-5 to narrow the gap into one set. In the 10th inning, O'Sullivan blasted out 66 and 50 runs to win the set 117-7 and set to continue leading Trump 6-4. In the 11th inning, O'Sullivan single-handedly blasted 118 points to win the game 122-9 to rewrite the score to a 7-4 lead over Trump and extend the advantage to three innings. In the 12th inning, O'Sullivan scored 97 points and won the game 107-15 to end Trump's 8-4 lead in the first half of the second stage of the game, ushering in a brief intermission and room for adjustment between the two sides.
O'Sullivan won two straight sets to lead Trump 12-5
After entering the second half of the second stage of the game, Trump's form still did not adjust quickly, while O'Sullivan continued to consolidate his advantage. The game moved to the 13th inning, and O'Sullivan took the lead in scoring 77 points and taking a 9-4 lead with a 77-0 win in the game. In the 14th inning, Trump scored 26 points and went wrong, followed by O'Sullivan with seven runs. Trump then made another mistake as O'Sullivan scored 87 points to take a 94-26 lead over Trump 10-4.
In the 15th inning, Trump was awarded four points for a throw in a bag and O'Sullivan made a mistake on an offensive attempt. Trump scored a red ball and scored a successful start, scoring 80 points to chase back an inning and trail O'Sullivan 5-10. In the 16th set, O'Sullivan scored a 15-point error in the lead, and then Trump was sent four points for a bag throw. O'Sullivan scored the red ball again, scoring 60 runs to win the set 79-0 to take an 11-5 lead over Trump. In the 17th set, Trump scored a 33-point lead and went wrong, and O'Sullivan blasted straight out 88 points to win the set 88-33 to give Trump a 12-5 lead.