On April 30, 2024, Beijing time, the 1/8 finals of the World Snooker Championship ended with a high-profile match.
After 20 rounds of competition, the world No. 1 O'Sullivan defeated the four-time champion Ryan Day 13-7 with a single stroke of 123 points, 84 points, 83 points, 51 points, 92 points, 82 points, 65 points, 89 points, 56 points, 96 points, 85 points and 67 points to successfully enter the quarterfinals.
After this match, O'Sullivan ushered in a four-game winning streak against Ryan Day. Next, O'Sullivan will face the winner between Bingham and Lisowski for the semi-finals of this tournament.
O'Sullivan won two games in a row to lead Ryan Day 5-3
In the first stage of the game between O'Sullivan and Ryan Day, O'Sullivan obviously took the initiative. In the first game, Ryan Day took the lead in scoring 16 points and made a mistake, and then O'Sullivan scored 123 points and 123:16 with a single shot to win the game and take a 1-0 lead. In the second game, O'Sullivan won another game with a single stroke of 84 points and 84:1 to take a 2-0 lead.
In the third game, Ryan Day won the game with a performance of 74:24 and fell behind O'Sullivan 1-2. In the 4th game, Ryan Day scored 70 points with a single stroke and won the game with 78:16 to draw 2-2 with O'Sullivan. In the 5th game, O'Sullivan scored 83 points and 83:37 with a single shot to win the game and take a 3-2 lead.
In the 6th game, O'Sullivan scored 51 points with a single stroke and won the game 87:0 to take a 4-2 lead. In the 7th game, Ryan Day scored 115 points with a single stroke to win the game, 3-4 behind O'Sullivan. In the 8th game, O'Sullivan scored 92 points with a single stroke to win the game and take a 5-3 lead.
Ryan Day won three more games and fell behind O'Sullivan 6-10
After the game entered the second stage, O'Sullivan's form was still excellent. The game came to the 9th game, and O'Sullivan won the game with a single-stroke performance of 82 points and 83:27 to take a 6-3 lead. In the 10th game, Ryan Day won the game 53:8 and fell behind O'Sullivan 4-6.
In the 11th game, O'Sullivan scored 65 points with a single stroke and won the game 82:39, leading Ryan Day 7-4. In the 12th game, O'Sullivan scored 89 points with a single shot and won another game 89:31 to lead Ryan Day 8-4. In the 13th game, O'Sullivan scored 56 points with a single stroke and won the game at 82:30 to take a 9-4 lead.
In the 14th game, O'Sullivan scored 96 points in a single stroke to win the game and take a 10-4 lead. In the 15th game, Ryan Dai won the game with a single stroke of 72 points and 78:28, 5-10 behind O'Sullivan. In the 16th game, Ryan Day scored 75 points with a single shot and won the game 76:13, 6-10 behind O'Sullivan.
O'Sullivan sealed the win and defeated Ryan Day 13-7
After the game came to the third stage, O'Sullivan directly dominated the game. The game came to the 17th game, O'Sullivan scored 62 points with multiple opportunities and excellent ability to grasp opportunities, and won the game 62:57, thus leading Ryan Day 11-6 and extending the difference between the two sides to five games.
In the 18th game, O'Sullivan won the game with 127:0 with an outstanding performance of 85 points with a single stroke, leading Ryan Day 12-6 and successfully getting the match point of the game. In the 19th game, Ryan Day scored 94 points through multiple opportunities to get started and won the game 94-5, 7-12 behind O'Sullivan.
In the 20th game, O'Sullivan won the game 120:0 with a single-stroke performance of 67 points, thus defeating Ryan Day 13-7 to enter the quarterfinals. Next, O'Sullivan will face the winner of Bingham and Lisowski in the semi-finals of this tournament, which gives him a chance to continue to challenge for his single-season Grand Slam glory.