In the early morning of January 21, Beijing time, the last final place of the Snooker World Grand Prix was officially released! In the semi-finals that just ended, the world No. 1 O'Sullivan defeated the world No. 9 Ding Junhui 6-1 and advanced to the final, and the final will face the world No. 2 Trump who defeated Cao Yupeng before!
O'Sullivan's ball skills and mentality have reached the pinnacle of the realm, and the record he has created has never been seen before or since! This season, he has won the Shanghai Masters, the British Championship, and the Masters, the three championships with the highest prize money and the heaviest weight! In this year's Grand Prix, O'Sullivan defeated the mainland teenager Pang Junxu 4-2 in the 1/16 finals, defeated the mainland star Zhou Yuelong 4-3 in the 1/8 finals, and defeated Gary Wilson 5-1 in the 1/4 finals.
Ding Junhui's state has picked up this season, judging from the game scene, Ding Junhui's mentality is stronger, his confidence is more, and his state accuracy is slowly recovering, not only reached the final of the British Championship again this season, but also played the 7th shot of his career in the just-concluded Masters 147, this tournament defeated Ricky Wharton 4-3 in the 1/16 finals, defeated the Thai star Sankham 4-1 in the 1/8 finals, and defeated Zhang Anda 5-2 in the 1/4 finals to advance to the semifinals, and the state is very good. This competition is the 36th meeting between Ding Junhui and O'Sullivan, Ding Junhui has 8 wins and 24 losses, more losses and fewer wins!
At the beginning of the game, O'Sullivan scored 135 points with a single stroke to clean up Ding Junhui, and in the second game, Ding Junhui fought back with a single stroke of 85! In the third game, O'Sullivan scored 128 points with a single stroke, and Ding Junhui was again clean with 129-0, and in the fourth game, O'Sullivan scored 79 points with a single stroke, and won another game with 88-32! In the fifth game, O'Sullivan won with a single stroke of 90 points, and in the sixth game, O'Sullivan once again scored 128 points with a single stroke. In the seventh game, O'Sullivan once again won with a single stroke of 100, so that O'Sullivan directly had a wave of 5 consecutive whips, with a total score of 6-1 Ding Junhui entered the finals and will face Trump! In the whole game, O'Sullivan scored 3 shots to break 100, and 3 strokes of 50+, the performance was so perfect! If Rocket O'Sullivan is in this state, Trump will also be difficult to deal with in the final! It is simply a dimensionality reduction blow! I wish Rocket O'Sullivan a successful championship!