The Rockets' performance at this World Championship can almost be described as perfect, and it is a must for the "seven champions" who are chasing Hendry.
Davis the Elder, the "King of Balls," asked Hendry:
Do you have any records that haven't been broken?
Hendry: Well, okay, but O'Sullivan certainly didn't have a chance to be the youngest World Champion.
Davis: Who said that your World Championship record of 16 strokes to break the hundred can not be saved, Ronnie has already scored 15.
Hendry:...... The record was meant to be broken.
This year's "Special Olympics" final attracted the attention of the outside world, although this time the state of the small special was mediocre, O'Sullivan's feel was not hot, but it gave people the feeling of stability.
In fact, as early as 2013, the two had a move in Crucible, when O'Sullivan did not break the hundred in the semi-finals, but played a high score of 10 50+, and finally reached the final 17-11 and finally won the championship for the fifth time.
O'Sullivan adopted anti-surprise tactics in the first stage, playing when he had the opportunity, defending when he didn't have the opportunity, and avoiding a tangled fight with Xiaote, although in the final set of the 1st stage, O'Sullivan had at least 3 chances to rewrite the score to 6-2, but was stubbornly chased by Xiaote to 3-5.
Although missing out on a huge 6-2 advantage, O'Sullivan quickly made a quick adjustment in the second stage, hitting The Little One hard:
In the 9th set, Xiaote shot a single 70+ to chase the score to 4-5, which was also the closest score in this final.
In the ensuing game, O'Sullivan bounced back, scoring 66, 50, 118, 97, 87 innings to extend the score to 4-10 in five consecutive innings.
Although Little scored a single 80 point in the 15th set to make the score 5-10, O'Sullivan scored another 60 points and 88 points to firmly hold Little and finally end the second stage of the game with a 12-5 score.
With six more innings to go, O'Sullivan will be crowned king at Crucible for the seventh time, and Little will have to go crazy to catch up with the Rockets, but that's a slim chance.