The 2024 World Snooker Championship is in full swing, and in a 1/8 final, world No. 1 O'Sullivan is in sight with 10-6 Ryan Day. It is worth mentioning that O'Sullivan shot a total of 10 single-stroke 50+ and 1 single-stroke to break 100 (123 points), so far, the rocket has played a single-stroke 100 in Crucible for 30 consecutive games, ranking first in history.
There were no big surprises in the game, and O'Sullivan always maintained the lead. Although Ryan Day chased two games in a row at a critical moment, O'Sullivan still led 10-6 into the third stage.
With 123 points in the first game, O'Sullivan ranked first in the history of the record with a single stroke of 30 consecutive World Championships, and Bingham ranked second with 22 consecutive games. I have to say that the 48-year-old O'Sullivan is really too strong. So far, he has set a series of astonishing historical records. Include:
At the age of 15, he became the champion of the World Youth Championships
At the age of 15, he participated in the British Amateur Championship and became the youngest player to win a single shot of 147
At the age of 17, he won his first ranking title, the British Championship, and became the youngest world ranking champion in the world at the time
Up to now, O'Sullivan has won a total of 81 championships, including 41 ranking titles and 22 heavyweight invitational championships (8 Snooker Masters Championship + 10 Snooker Super League Champions + 4 Snooker Champions of the Champions League)
The only snooker player who has broken 1000+ in a single stroke
15 times a single stroke out of 147 points
7-time World Champion, 8-time British Championship, 8-time Snooker Masters
And the 48-year-old O'Sullivan is still invincible, winning three championships in a row in the Snooker Masters, the World Grand Prix, and the Riyadh Carnival Season Masters, and breaking into the 2023 Lhasa "Peak Showdown" Snooker Star Challenge and Tour Championship Finals. Now, the Rockets will be aiming for their eighth World Championship title.
Meanwhile, in the other 1/8 final matchup, world No. 3 Mark Allen led world No. 17 John Higgins 9-7. Allen, who has reached the semi-finals of the World Championships twice, will now be in the spotlight if he can break new ground. And he has a total of 29 games against Higgins, with Allen leading 16-13. However, in the two encounters in the World Championships, "Little Steel Cannon" was defeated by "The Wizard".
Players who have advanced to the top 8:
Judd Trump vs Jack Jones
David Gilbert vs Stephen Maguire