[Sports Road News]Ronnie O’Sullivan swept John Higgins 17:11 in the top 4 of the World Snooker Championship on Saturday (30th) for the 8th time in his career Reaching the final, he will face off against Judd Trump, who beat another “75 Three Heroes” Mark Williams in the final match, tying Stephen Hendry’s record 7th world championship trophy.
The “Grand Slam” kings who have won 14 world championships together and won the semi-finals. Among them, O’Sullivan and Higgins faced each other for the 77th time. The “Rocket”, who was in good shape, maintained his touch and fell behind in the first stage. : 3 hits tied 4:4, played 5 Cue 50+ in the second stage, won 5 consecutive games after 5:6, and established the advantage by 10:6. In the third stage, Osulliyun smashed 2 Cue “Break Hundred” and 2 Cue 50+ again, pulling the score to 15:9, the victory was in hand, and finally played another 2:2 in the last stage, locking in a 17:11 victory. The 8th World Championship final.
In the other top 4 match, the youngest of the four, Zhuo Lingpu (32 years old), beat the oldest Williams (47 years old). This match was full of drama. The lead was 7:1. In the second stage, both sides won 4 games each, and Zhuo Linpu maintained a 7-game (11:5) lead. However, in the third stage, the “Golden Left Hand” Jedi counterattacked and played a wave of 5:2, narrowing the backward score to 11:13. Entering the fourth stage, Williams played more and more smoothly, pressing Zhuo Linpu, and in the 30th game, he played his 16th Cue “Break 100” in this World Championship, tying Huntley’s record set in 2002, while also tying The total score was 15:15, followed by another victory in the 31st game, overtaking 16:15 to get the winning point, and finally took the lead for the first time in this battle, but “Quasi God” withstood the pressure and won 2 games in a row, with a difficult 17:16 Reversed and advanced to the final for the third time after 2011 and 2019.
The final of this year’s World Championships will be a showdown between two generations of Cue gods, which is also the 10th time in the history that “Rocket” and “Quasis God” have met in the final. If the 46-year-old O’Sullivan can win the championship, he will not only tie the “Seven Crowns” record of the World Championships held by “Billiard Emperor” Huntley since 1999, but also become the oldest world champion in history. At the same time, the number of individual “three major competitions” (World Championships, Masters, All England) has been increased to seven, further rewriting his own record.
However, regarding the prospect of the “Seven Crowns”, the “Rockets” have always said that they don’t care: “I am not focused on the championship, but more about gaining experience and enjoying the game. When I won this championship in 2020, it did not change my life. . Even if I win it again, I’m not sure, I’ll be elated. But, it still feels good to get it.” O’Sullivan added: “Jolymp is more aggressive and aggressive than me, He hits more power, so he can hit a lot of balls that I can’t. If we can both hit 80% of our level, the game will be great. There are 2 days left, so I will continue to enjoy the game, just Let’s see what surprises come up!”
As for being able to compete with his childhood idol at Crucible, the “quasi-god” described it as a dream come true: “I thought it would not happen, but it is here, Ronnie was my hero growing up, he has The best player of all time but I think he wants to confirm that by winning a seventh world championship and he tries to downplay the issue but I think he’s more determined than ever and in the past he may have When it was out of control, but now he’s very stable, there won’t be any reckless cues, I don’t even think I can really challenge him in my current state, but I’ll be ready.”
The final of the World Championships, with 18 victories in 35 rounds, is divided into four stages on the 2nd. The champion player will receive a prize of 500,000 pounds and will be the world’s No. 1 at the end of the year.
This article is by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[Billiards World Championships]O’Suliyun swept Higgins to fight Zhuo Limpu for seven championships」