In the early morning of May 3, Beijing time, the world championships of snooker three major competitions ended the final championship competition. Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Judd Trump 18-13 in the competition to lift the World Championship trophy for the 7th time in his career! Congratulations O'Sullivan!
This is his 39th individual ranking title, and he will share the record of 7 world championships with Hendry, and also collect the "3 7s" - a record of 7 crowns in each of the three major competitions. He also broke Ray Lilton's record to become the oldest champion at the World Championships, although his age was only a number!
21 years after winning his first title, this man still dominates the world's highest podium in Snooker!
YYDS, O'Sullivan!
In the first and second stages, which ended on 1 and early the next morning, O'Sullivan led the Teres 5-3 in the first phase and O'Sullivan led the Terrestics 12-5 in the second phase. Just when everyone thought that the victory of this game was already obvious, in the third stage, Trump rose to catch up, and finally O'Sullivan led The Little 14-11 to end the third stage of the game, which also indicated that the final championship competition would be quite fierce.
In the third stage, the eighteenth inning, The Little Special blasted out a single shot of 107 points to recover a set. Immediately after the nineteenth inning, he scored 59 points to win another set. In the twentieth set, the two sides began to fight, O'Sullivan failed to score, Little scored 81 points through multiple starts, 81-0 three consecutive innings, the twenty-first set, O'Sullivan finally found a little touch, a single shot 64 points, 71-45 to win the game, the score was 13-8.
In the twenty-second set, the two sides began to fight, and Xiaote scored 66 points several times to recover a set 66-20. In the twenty-third set, the two sides entered a tug-of-war, you and I tested each other, the score was bitten tightly, and finally Xiaote won the game with a narrow gap of 60-51, and chased another set. In the twenty-fourth set, O'Sullivan won another set with 55 points to continue to widen the gap. In the twenty-fifth inning, Little shot a single shot with 105 points, kept a clean sheet for O'Sullivan, and chased another set. At the end of the third stage, the score was 14-11, and O'Sullivan led Trump by three sets.
The fourth phase, which begins at 2 a.m. In the twenty-sixth inning, O'Sullivan scored 82 points to take the lead in the first set. In the twenty-seventh set, O'Sullivan scored 88 points to win another set and continue to widen the point gap. The score was 16-11. In the twenty-eighth inning, O'Sullivan scored just 27 points, and the little one scored 64 points to chase back the first set. But in the twenty-ninth inning, O'Sullivan blasted a single 75 points to take the lead at 17-12.
After the half-time, the final half of the game begins. O'Sullivan holds 5 match points and is only one step away from the final victory. The little one fought back, blasting a single shot with 109 points, 151-0 clean sheet O'Sullivan, to return to a set. But in the thirty-first set, O'Sullivan did not give The Little a chance to fight back, blasting out a single shot of 85 points to end the game 93-0, 18-13, winning the 7th World Championship of his career!
After the game, O'Sullivan downplayed his record-breaking: "I didn't care much about the record. Don't get me wrong, it's really good to do it, but I can never perform well in the pursuit of this, I just enjoy the game, the competition and the field, enjoy what I do, I train the skills, and then let the snooker god decide what he has to decide - he has been on my side for 17 days. ”
During the game, O'Sullivan's son and daughter also came to the scene to cheer him on, and the family was very happy and excited. While taking pictures of the cup, O'Sullivan grimaced mischievously, as if in protest at the title of "world champion of the world championships" given to him. I already had the picture in my head: "Hey, boy, say I'm old? Next year I'll win another one for you to see! ”
Well, with the successful conclusion of the World Championships, the season is over. There are many exciting and unforgettable things this season, and many players have also experienced the first time, such as the mainland's young player Zhao Xintong, who won two championships this season. I believe that for many players, there are also some small regrets, and they will toss and turn in the middle of the night, chafing at how they have not been more careful.
Along the way, behind the flowers and applause, the players are countless times of forbearance; behind the dazzling aura, is endless sweat. For every player, they know very well that not every game will go very well. But at the same time, they also firmly believe that as long as they have always loved and paid all their efforts for it, one day, the flowers will bloom, the applause will ring out on the stage, and the dazzling trophies will be held in their hands. I think that's all there is to it as a player.