In the first round of the just-concluded Snooker World Championship Qualifying Tournament on April 10, 2024, Beijing time, England's Sean O'Sullivan suffered a super reversal with a single-stroke lead of 114 points, 62 points, 54 points, 74 points and a 6-1 lead, and finally lost 8-10 to Hungarian amateur Refus to announce his upset.
It is worth mentioning that Sean O'Sullivan previously wanted to find his place on the World Snooker Tour. But as things stand, he may be struggling to be relegated.
Objectively speaking, Sean O'Sullivan seems to have only 147 years of impressive faces.
O'Sullivan won three games in a row to lead Reeves 6-1
In the first seven innings between Sean O'Sullivan and Refus, O'Sullivan's performance can be described as excellent. In the first game, O'Sullivan scored 57 points with his excellent ability to seize opportunities and won the game 57:9, successfully taking a 1-0 lead.
In the second game, O'Sullivan won the game 61:10 with multiple hands, thus leading Reeves 2-0. In the third game, O'Sullivan scored 62 points with a single shot and won the game 72:31, thus leading Reeves 3-0. In the 4th game, Reeves scored 66 points with a single shot to win the game 85:18 and trail O'Sullivan 1-3.
In the 5th game, O'Sullivan scored 114 points with a single shot and won the game 131:0, leading Reeves 4-1. In the 6th game, O'Sullivan scored 74 points with a single shot and won the game 75:27, leading Reeves 5-1. In the 7th game, O'Sullivan scored 54 points with a single shot and won the game 73:9, leading Reeves 6-1.
Reeves won four games in a row to fall behind O'Sullivan 5-8
But from the 8th game onwards, the whole game began to change dramatically. The game entered the 8th game, and Reeves won the game 77:38 with a single stroke of 58 points, thus trailing O'Sullivan 2-6.
In the 9th game, Reeves scored 53 points with a single shot to win the game 82:35 and narrowed the gap by trailing O'Sullivan 3-6. In the 10th game, Reeves won the game 106:35 with a single-shot performance of 63 points, thus trailing O'Sullivan 4-6. In the 11th game, Reeves scored 62 points with a single shot and won the game 66:53, trailing O'Sullivan 5-6 and narrowing the difference to one game.
In the 12th game, O'Sullivan won the game with a 62:30 performance with a number of layups, thus leading Reeves 7-5. In the 13th game, O'Sullivan won the game with a performance of 66:45 and led Reeves 8-5.
O'Sullivan lost five games in a row and lost 8-10 to Refus
When the game entered the 14th game, O'Sullivan could not go further in the game. In the 14th game, Reeves scored 63 points with his excellent ability to seize opportunities and won the game 63:39, thus trailing O'Sullivan 6-8.
In the 15th game, Reeves won the game with a performance of 66:14 and fell behind O'Sullivan 7-8. In the 16th game, Reeves scored 55 points with a single stroke to win the game 78:7 and draw 8-8 with O'Sullivan.
In the 17th game, Reifs relied on his multiple hands and super game control ability to complete a single-game stunner with a performance of 65:51, thus surpassing O'Sullivan 9-8 and taking the lead in getting the match point of the game. In the 18th game, Reeves scored 68 points with his excellent ability to seize opportunities, won the game 68-13 and defeated O'Sullivan 10-8.