On May 3, Beijing time, Sheffield, England, on May 2, local time, the 2022 Snooker World Championships came to an end, and Rocket O'Sullivan defeated Trump 18:13 to win the seventh world championship trophy, equaling Hendry's record, while accumulating the total number of individual ranking championships to 39, ending this splendid season with the world's first ranking. It is worth mentioning that Hendry happened to be interpreting the game, he witnessed O'Sullivan's equalization process, and had a very high evaluation of O'Sullivan: "He ruled this World Championship from beginning to end, which was a four-seat performance. ”
In the peak duel with Trump, O'Sullivan did not give his opponent a chance the whole time, every stage was in the lead, even if Trump fought back madly in the third stage, he failed to complete the turnaround, O'Sullivan firmly grasped the advantage and finally won the championship. O'Sullivan's victory was a historic miracle, surpassing 1978 World Champion Ray Lilton (45 years and 203 days) to become the oldest world champion in history at 46 years and 148 days.
O'Sullivan also cried after winning the championship because of the performance of creating great moments, full of tears and tears, a great figure who pushed the snooker movement to a new peak, leaving his own great moment!
After the game, the People's Daily praised O'Sullivan's crazy performance, and said that the eighth crown belonging to O'Sullivan will not be far away, which is the highest evaluation of O'Sullivan, even if it has stood at the peak, but also believes that the rocket can continue to achieve breakthroughs to climb higher: "For the 46-year-old O'Sullivan, as long as he still has a flame in his heart, the eighth World Championship trophy may not be far away. ”
The undisputed no.1 man in the history of snooker, O'Sullivan is a rare talented player with left-handed technique as good as right-handed technique, setting multiple all-time records, winning the World Junior Championship at the age of 15 and becoming the youngest golfer to win a single-stroke 147 at the British Amateur Championship that same year. At the age of 17, O'Sullivan won the British Championship directly, becoming the youngest World Ranking world champion in the world at the time.
All career. O'Sullivan has always been linked to setting records and breaking records, as many as 38 qualifying champions, a total of 73 titles, and after winning the World Championships, O'Sullivan has completed the feat of winning three snooker competitions (World Championship, British Championship and Masters) seven times. Spanning decades at the pinnacle of his career, it's hard to imagine how O'Sullivan could have achieved such great results. For all snooker fans, it is a blessing to be able to watch the era that belongs to O'Sullivan, the rocket has been lifting off, and in the future, it is expected that O'Sullivan will continue to set records to break the upper limit of people's imagination!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)