In the second stage of the final of the 2024 Snooker Tour Championship, the match between O'Sullivan, the 7-time champion of the World Championships, and Mark Williams continued, and the game changed abruptly, O'Sullivan was beaten 4 times in a row after leading 5-3, fell behind 5-7, dropped the chain, and fell into passivity, which is really a sudden change.
Both are world champions and Grand Slam players, in the first two games, O'Sullivan defeated Carter and Gary Wilson in a row, and did not encounter a particularly big challenge overall, especially in the face of Carter, O'Sullivan staged a good show of "winning seven games in a row" and "winning three games in a row", almost making the opponent have no power to fight back.
Similarly, Williams' form is also getting better, after the first 10-9 tough defeat of Fude, he defeated Trump 10-4 in a row, 10-4 in a row to defeat the world No. 3 Mark Allen, and in the face of the latter, he once won nine games in a row, such an explosive state is not at all like the performance of a 75-year-old veteran.
In the first stage, the two played a little wide open, Williams started well and took a 3-1 lead, but after the halftime, O'Sullivan suddenly made a force, played three shots to break 100 and a shot of 50+ to win four games in a row, and directly overtook 5-3 to end the first stage, reversed the decline, and changed from passive to active.
Williams first won 62-33 with multiple shots, and then broke 100 and 50+ in a row, achieving a 6-5 overtake. In the 12th game, O'Sullivan was still not in good shape, Williams quickly entered the game, and successfully won the game, 7-5 to further expand and consolidate the advantage, O'Sullivan once again fell into passivity and urgently needed to adjust.