O’Sullivan wins seven world snooker championships to tie “Billiard Emperor” Hendry
2022-05-04 19:35:51Source: Xi’an News Network
On May 3, the World Snooker Championships came to an end in Sheffield, England. In the final final, “Rocket” O’Sullivan defeated Trump 18:13, not only became the oldest The world championship champion also tied the record of “Billiard Emperor” Hendry’s seven crowns.
The World Championship is one of the most important events in snooker. In terms of influence, bonus size and professional ranking points, it can be regarded as the highest level of snooker competition. After multiple rounds of elimination, O’Sullivan and Trump finally joined the final. In the first stage of the final, O’Sullivan led 5:3. In the second stage, O’Sullivan beat his opponent 7:2, leading by a big score of 12:5. In the third stage, Trump responded with a 6:2, chasing the score to 11:14. In the fourth stage, O’Sullivan gave his opponent no chance and finally won 18:13, winning the championship trophy for the seventh time. O’Sullivan said following winning the title: “It feels good to be able to share this record (seven titles) with Hendry. Hendry is an absolute legend. However, this is just a number at the end of the day, to be honest I I don’t care too much.” O’Sullivan admitted that he never had any pressure because of records, and these off-field factors would never interfere with him, “I don’t participate in competitions to chase these (records), I just try to enjoy Play the game, try to compete and let the snooker gods decide what to do, and this time he’s on my side.”
This is O’Sullivan’s 8th time entering the World Championship finals. He only lost 1 championship in 8 finals, with a winning rate of 87.5%. In the brigade, its 21-time championship winning percentage is unprecedented. After winning the World Championships this time, O’Sullivan has also collected seven sets of Grand Slams – winning seven times at the World Championships, British Championships and Masters. At the same time, he has also become the oldest World Championships. Champion, and will be sure to be the world number one of the year.
A total of 4 Chinese players participated in the World Snooker Championships this year. Ding Junhui and Lv Haotian stopped in the top 32, Zhao Xintong stopped in the top 16, and Yan Bingtao stopped in the top 8.Chief reporter Yan Bin
