In the third stage of the final of the World Snooker Championship, which just ended on May 2, 2022 Beijing time, O'Sullivan and Trump continued to play a wonderful duel. Trump was brilliant at this stage of the game, hitting back O'Sullivan with 107 points, 105 points, 59 points and multiple playing opportunities, and in the end, Trump ended the first three stages of the game 11-14. Next, they will start the final stage of the match at 2 o'clock in the morning tomorrow, which will also determine the final champion of this World Championship.
O'Sullivan took a 12-5 lead over Trump
In the first two stages of the two-side final, Trump took the lead in taking a 1-0 lead with a superb 72-point performance. O'Sullivan then scored 120 and 68 points on a single goal. 105 points and a superb ability to seize opportunities to win five consecutive sets to take a 5-1 lead. Trump then trailed O'Sullivan 4-5 in two consecutive sets with 97 points, 73 points and excellent accuracy. O'Sullivan then went on to take a six-inning lead with a 66- pointer, 50-pointer, 118-pointer, 97-pointer, 87-pointer and multiple on-the-phone games to win five straight sets and lead Trump 10-4. Next, Trump won the game by 80 points to make it 5-10 behind O'Sullivan. But then O'Sullivan won two straight sets with a 12-5 lead over Trump with a superb performance of 60 and 88 points to win the seven-set lead and continue to extend his advantage further.
Trump won three straight sets to trail O'Sullivan 8-13
After entering the first half of the third stage of the game, Trump's form clearly picked up, while O'Sullivan's form declined. The match came to the 18th inning, and O'Sullivan had a chance to win the game, but the mistake of the key ball left him missing the chance to win the game. In the end, Trump single-handedly scored 107 points to win the game 115-22 and trail O'Sullivan 6-12. In the 19th inning, Trump blasted a 59-pointer to win the game 90-25 and trailed O'Sullivan 7-12 to narrow the gap to five innings. In the 20th set, Trump won the game 81-0 with multiple mobile games and scattered attacks and trailed O'Sullivan 8-12 to narrow the score to four sets. In the 21st inning, O'Sullivan blasted a straight-forward 64-point performance to reverse the world's fourth-place Trump in a single set 71-45 and lead the latter 13-8.
O'Sullivan lost two straight sets to lead Trump 14-11
After entering the second half of the third phase of the game, Trump was still the player who took the lead in seizing the opportunity. The game moved to the 22nd inning, and Trump managed to score 66 points to win the game 66-20 with multiple mobile phone games to leave O'Sullivan 9-13. In the 23rd inning, O'Sullivan scored 16 points in the lead and made a mistake, Trump scored a red ball to play, and Trump scored 27 points and made a mistake. In the end, Trump won the game 60:51 with multiple play opportunities to narrow the gap to three sets by trailing O'Sullivan 10-13. In the 24th inning, O'Sullivan scored 55 points to win the set 68-1 and lead Trump 14-10. In the 25th inning, Trump scored the red ball first and won the mobile session. In the end, Trump single-handedly blasted 105 points to clean sheet 126-0 and trail O'Sullivan 11-14. Next, the two sides will divide the final champion in the fourth stage.