The 2023-2024 season of the snooker professional league continues, and on April 8, 2024, Beijing time, the Tour Championship came to an end, and the final of this Tour Championship was fought between the two veterans, 49-year-old Mark Williams against 48-year-old O'Sullivan!
This is also the first time in 24 years that two people will meet in the finals again, it is not easy, along the way, the two people support each other, as representatives of the post-70s, but also stand at the top level of the world, it is not easy, Mark Williams won the British Open championship this season, O'Sullivan has won 5 championships, before the Tour Championship, O'Sullivan can be said to be prosperous this season, but also this season five finals, five championships, such a law of winning in the final is also expected to continue to O'Sullivan, but it backfired, O'Sullivan still lost, the season final winning record was ended, too regrettable, now set off again, O'Sullivan set sail, sprinting with all his might, but also suffered a big reversal, as soon as he came up, O'Sullivan played very smoothly, maybe he had defeated Mark Williams more than 30 times before, O'Sullivan played very confidently! Mark Williams is also the player who has won the most games in O'Sullivan's career! The two are also friends in private, and they have been playing together since childhood!
Mark Williams was 3-5 behind in the first half, the audience thought that O'Sullivan's championship was stable, and he was clean in the second half, and finally O'Sullivan was hit seven times in a row, 5-10, O'Sullivan won the runner-up for the first time in the season, and reached the final for the sixth time in the season. O'Sullivan used a runner-up to prepare for the next World Championships, O'Sullivan has a clear goal in this World Championships, to impact the eighth championship of the World Championships, and complete the feat of a single-season Grand Slam! However, O'Sullivan may not have enough heart after losing! The heart of the champion was hit, and O'Sullivan still needs to adjust his mentality! O'Sullivan is divided into eight-and-a-half of the eighths, and the lower half is likely to meet Trump in the semifinals, Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda are also potential opponents of O'Sullivan, if you want to beat Ding Junhui, a star like Trump is not optimistic!
O'Sullivan failed to win the sixth championship of the season, some regrets and frustrations, but Mark Williams achieved the great feat of his 26th career ranking championship and continued to stay in the top 10 in the world! Become the oldest active champion player! O'Sullivan is preparing for the World Championships next, hoping to meet a weaker player in the first round, avoiding players like Lisowski or Robertson!