【Body Road News】Next week, at the age of 46, he will return to the world No. 1 throneRonnie O’Sullivan (Ronnie O’Sullivan), on Wednesday (30th), performed “fire” in a “75 doubles” match at the Tour Championship, hitting 5 Cue “Break Hundred” to defeat the “Gold” 10-9. Left-handed” Williams (Mark Williams), brave to reach the top 4, “Rocket” revealed his next goal after the game – to remain in the top 8 in the world when he gets a pension.
The classic battle between Osullivan and Williams took 19 innings to decide the winner. Both legendary players played at an extremely high level. The 3-time world champion Williams had 7 Cue 50+, including one Cue “Break 100”. At 103 degrees, “Rocket” more frequently “lifted and forced”, handing over a total of 8 Cue 70+ results including 5 Cue “Break Hundred”, the fourth game produced a game-high 131 degrees, and finally “Osu” “In the tiebreaker, he defeated his old opponent and rewritten the record of the two sides to 34 wins and 12 losses.
After reaching the quarter-finals, the “Rockets” will challenge the previous champion “Melbourne Machine” Robertson (Neil Robertson). Since Mark Selby missed the Tour Championship, O’Sullivan is sure to return to the No. 1 spot in the world next Monday (4th) regardless of his results in this event. The Rockets are very proud of this: “I was really shocked when someone told me this, I didn’t expect it at all, it was an absolute surprise, I’ve never paid much attention to trophies and records, championships, etc. It’s quite an achievement for the age at which I’m at.”
One of the greatest players in table tennis history, O’Sullivan has set some jaw-dropping records in his career, including “the fastest 147 degrees” and the most ranking wins (38), which he missed the entire 2012-13 season. He still won the World Championship at the end of the season, and “Osu” believes that the feeling of re-entering “World One” this time is not much different from that at the time. “I think it’s almost the same as when I left the field for a year, didn’t play a game, and then went straight to win the world championship.” However, he set himself a more difficult task: “My next goal is to hope that it can be achieved. At pension age, you can still be in the top eight in the world.”
This article is by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[Billiards]Quasi-“World One” O’Sulli Cloud Booms 5 Cue to break through the top 4 “I hope to still be in the top 8 in the world when I get a pension”」