Rocket Sacrifice has six whips in a row, crushing Peppa Pig all the way
In a good snooker match, Ronnie O'Sullivan led Jackson Page 8-1, and he took the lead in the first stage and began to challenge for a record eighth World Championship title.
It's been a shining season for O'Sullivan, who has already won the British Championship and the Masters. That means a win at Dream Theatre would see him win all three major titles in a single season for the first time in his career.
At the 2022 World Championship, the Rockets equalled Stephen Hendry's record of seven Crucible titles. His first attempt to overtake the Scots failed in the quarter-finals last year when he lost to eventual champion Luca Brecel in the last eight.
In contrast, Page has been battling for his professional credentials this season. However, reaching the semi-finals of the World Open ended any fears of relegation from the professional competition. The Welsh teenager secured his spot in Crucible with a 10-9 win over Thailand's Sangkham in the final game of World Championship qualifying.
At the start of the tournament this afternoon, 41-time world ranking champion Ronnie O'Sullivan immediately took control of the match, scoring 54, 56 and 81 points to take a 4-0 lead before the break.
After the break, O'Sullivan cleared the table and scored 122 points in a single stroke after winning the far stage in the 5th game, and broke 100 in Crucible for 30 consecutive years. After falling behind 0-6, Peppa Pig finally held back a 142-point shot to pull back a game and stop the loss in time, while also showing his talent. The little pig just found the feeling and was ready to launch a counterattack, but was strangled by O'Sullivan's connecting 66+53 points in the last two rounds of scuffle. The latter only needs to win two more games to win.
The second stage of their competition will start on April 25 at 9 a.m. Beijing time. O'Sullivan is currently leading 8-1. In the history of the World Snooker Championship, no player has been able to complete a super reversal after falling behind by 7 games in the first round of the best-of-10 system. From this point of view, the Rockets have basically stepped into the door of the round of 16 with one foot, and the second stage is just a procedure.
It is worth mentioning that the Rocket's winning 6 consecutive games also completely stimulated the opponent's fighting spirit, and Piggy also contributed to the Rocket's career high single-stroke score in the 7th game, but unfortunately he failed to convert his advantage into the motivation to fight back. After only chasing one game, the fire was completely extinguished.
In other games, Allen, the world's No. 3 gunner, performed poorly, only hitting 2 50+ and 1 100 breaks, but defeated Robbie Williams, who had 5 50+ and 1 100 breaks, 10-6. Robbie is out of the game. This game is exactly the same as Ding Junhui's loss to Lisowski, Ding Junhui felt full of hands throughout the game, hitting 7 strokes of 50+ and 2 large shots to break 100, but he was beaten by Lisowski, who did not break 100. (Welcome to click to pay attention to Runwu AB)