O'Sullivan "is not afraid" of anyone after extending the record
O'Sullivan defeated Ryan Day 13-7 in the second round of the World Championship to reach the 22nd quarterfinals of Crucible in his career, breaking the previous record.
Looking relaxed and confident, O'Sullivan even had a friendly exchange with a lady in the audience, who applauded eagerly in the 17th game. He later joked: "She's a little excited, maybe she's never seen a snooker game before!" But then I felt a little bad and I didn't want her to think I was reprimanding her. ”
The Rockets have dropped just eight games in the tournament so far and will face Bingham on Tuesday and Wednesday. He still needs three more wins to claim an eighth World Title, which would put him one title ahead of Stephen Hendry. The world number one has won five trophies this season and his total prize money for the 23/24 season is £1,265,500.
Working with coach Nick Barrow, the Rockets are happy with their performance in games and training this time. He told the BBC: "It feels like I want to play, I want to get out of it. I'm not afraid of the game, and I'm not afraid of the ball. I'm scared of other things, but not that, that's the most important thing. When you are confident in your ability to do something when you have the opportunity, you feel good. ”
"It's too early for me to try this new way of playing, a different style of shot. It's been hard work for two years. I decided I couldn't continue to play like this. I had to make some changes, it was my body and mind trying to catch up with each other. I've done something right, and I'm trying to solve this problem right now. I've been a little bit excited over the last few weeks and finished the race better. There were some good performances today. My life became harder when I felt like it was going to be a tough game. When I found it easy, life turned into a pleasant place again. ”
The Rockets scored 123, 84, 83, 51, 92, 82, 65, 89, 56 and 96 points to lead 10-6 at the end of both periods. In the final game of the day, the two sides tangled to the yellow ball in the first game, and Ryan Day took a 57-35 lead when he deviated in an attempt to make a global attack, giving his opponent a chance to clear the table beautifully to extend the lead.
The Rockets took advantage of the victory to chase and added a single stroke of 85 points to get the match point early, although Ryan Day pulled back a game, but the Rockets hit two shots in the 20th game and scored 67 and 53 points respectively to easily advance to the top 8.
"I had a lot of chances, but I struggled to settle down the whole game. I missed too many balls and you can't do that no matter who you're playing against. If I had stabilized, I could have put more pressure on him, but unfortunately I couldn't. (Welcome to click to pay attention to Runwu AB, please indicate the source for reprinting, thank you)