On August 18, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship has come to an end, and this World Championship has been unpopular and wonderful, with a total of 8 new records, and O'Sullivan, who won the championship, monopolized 5 events, showing his strong dominance. Runner-up Karen Wilson also wrote her name into history, and although the Chinese genius Yan Bingtao only won one game, he also shone brightly, and the future is worth looking forward to.
This World Championship left too many classics, veteran Higgins scored the only 147, seeded players Mark Allen, Sean Murphy, Stephen Maguire were all out of the first round, from the qualifiers to break through a number of dark horses successfully spoiled. In addition, a number of new records were born, the snooker movement reached a climax, O'Sullivan was one of the masters, he used his actions to fight back against doubts, and also used his achievements to prove that some of his statements were correct. Let's take stock of the new record:
First: O'Sullivan won the 37th title in the ranking tournament, surpassing Hendry's 36 crowns, O'Sullivan is not only the first person in active service, but also the first person in history.
Second: O'Sullivan became the first player to win 20 three-time titles, including six World Championships, seven British Titles and seven Masters titles.
Third: O'Sullivan set an all-time record in 1859 innings at Crucible, following Hendry's 1846 inning.
Fourth: O'Sullivan's 10-1 victory over Tachaia took only 108 minutes, setting a record for the shortest time spent in a single game in Crucible.
Fifth: O'Sullivan played 7-1 in the third stage of the final, which was the first time since the new format of the World Championships that such a disparity had appeared in the third stage of the final.
O'Sullivan set 5 new records, undisputed first man. In addition, several young players have also set several new records:
Sixth: Karen Wilson was lucky enough to beat McGill to become the first post-90s player to advance to the final. Karen Wilson also eliminated Trump before, and the Crucible Curse was once again continued.
Seventh: Karen Wilson and McGill scored high scores of 103-83 in the decider, with a total score of 186 points becoming the highest total score in snooker history, and the two dark horses made history.
Eighth: Chinese genius Yan Bingtao eliminated Slather 10-7 in the first round, becoming the first post-00 player to win in Crucible, although the second round of defeat Trump, but Yan Bingtao shines, his progress is obvious to all, the future is worth looking forward to.
Overall, this is the World Championships that belong to O'Sullivan, who defended the glory of the veteran, and in the ordinary state of Trump, Robertson, Higgins, Mark Allen and others, O'Sullivan showed us the top level. In addition, the post-90s began to pick the beam, Karen Wilson, McGill is the representative figure, the former reached the final for the first time, the latter for the first time to advance to the final four, all created a new career history.
O'Sullivan criticized the new generation of players, but Yan Bingtao handed over a satisfactory answer, he has made significant progress in technology, his mentality is more mature, and his comprehensive strength is far beyond his peers, and he looks forward to Yan Bingtao as the best representative of the new generation and challenge O'Sullivan. The new season is about to start, and I hope that the Chinese team led by Ding Junhui and Yan Bingtao can continue to work hard and make greater breakthroughs!