In the final of the 2024 Snooker Tour Championship, O'Sullivan vs. Mark Williams, in the end, O'Sullivan, the 41st champion of the ranking tournament, lost 7 games in a row from 5-3 to 5-10 and rarely collapsed, turned into a "fire tent", and lost the championship, can you believe this process?
O'Sullivan and Williams are both world champions and Grand Slam players! O'Sullivan is ranked No. 1 in the world and is also a seven-time World Championship champion, and he won the tour championship in 2019. Won his third ranking championship this season (42nd overall ranking championship), and it will also be the sixth championship of the season (he has won 2 ranking tournaments and 3 invitational championships before), and in the previous five finals, O'Sullivan won all the championships, with a winning rate of 100%, of course, after winning the championship, O'Sullivan consolidated his position as the world's No. 1.
Williams has yet to win the tournament and has already won 25 ranking tournaments, and if he wins, Williams will return to No. 6 in the world rankings and move up in a single season. All in all, this championship still has a lot of significance for both of them, especially Williams.
In the first stage, O'Sullivan came from behind, although he fell behind 1-3 at the beginning, but then he staged a good show of winning four games in a row, and also hit three shots to break 100 and one shot of 50+, and his state was very good. In the second stage, the situation on the court suddenly changed, and Williams suddenly made a force, first winning six games in a row 9-5 to get the match point. In the 15th game, O'Sullivan did not seize the opportunity, and Williams won the championship 10-5.