On May 3, 2022, the Snooker World Championship ended, and finally O'Sullivan laughed to the end, the seventh time in Crucible to win the cup, the fans who stayed up late to watch the game once again witnessed the birth of the legend, this is O'Sullivan's seventh World Championship title, the 39th ranking champion, the 21st three-time grand slam, the seventh Grand Slam, eight times to reach the final to win seven titles, the only defeat was to lose to Selby.
Looking back at O'Sullivan's path to advancement, he defeated Gilbert 10-5 in the first round and swept Mark 13-4 in the second round. Allen, 13-5 in the third round to beat Maguire, 17-11 in the semi-finals, 18-13 victory over Trump in the final, this road seems easy, but do not know how much effort O'Sullivan put behind the scenes, and how much pressure he bears, some fans are not optimistic about him at the beginning.
The most difficult to play is the final, facing the post-80s star Trump, O'Sullivan in the first two stages to take a seven-set lead, the third stage Trump recovered four sets, bringing a lot of pressure to O'Sullivan, into the fourth stage, O'Sullivan to do their best, and finally ended the game 18-13, the fans cheered for him, just in the Crucible arena, once again witnessed the birth of the legend.
After winning the championship, O'Sullivan once burst into tears on the field, hugged Trump for catharsis, Trump sent blessings, congratulations to O'Sullivan for winning the championship, although he did not become the final winner, but Trump's performance is also worthy of recognition, this is his third time to reach the world championship final, the total result of 1 championship and 2 runners-up, Trump lost the crown without losing grace, took the initiative to congratulate O'Sullivan, happy for him.
It is worth mentioning that O'Sullivan's father, son, daughter three relatives came to the scene to share the joy of victory with him, O'Sullivan held high the trophy, thanked the fans for their support, in the face of the impact of young players, this legendary player once again proved himself, with the strength to defeat any opponent to win the championship, we have every reason to believe that the seven crowns are a new beginning, definitely not the end.
In fact, just before the World Championships, many fans believe that it is difficult for O'Sullivan to win the World Championship, and it is even more impossible to equal Hendry's record, because in this season, O'Sullivan's overall performance is average, the European Masters lost to Fan Zhengyi and lost the championship, but when he came to the stage of Crucible, he did his best self, showing a tenacious struggle and enterprising spirit.
After the end of the World Championships, the season ends, the new season will wait until the Champions League at the end of June, when Whether O'Sullivan will sign up, or unknown, there will be no game in the short term, everyone wants to see O'Sullivan play, need to wait patiently for a while.