In the early morning of March 31, Beijing time, a snooker focus battle ended, the tour championship quarterfinals, rocket O'Sullivan eliminated Mark Williams 10-9 to advance. So far, three of the Tour Tournament Final Four have been born: Higgins, Neil Robertson and O'Sullivan.
Eight innings were played in the first stage, with O'Sullivan leading 5-3. In the first set, Mark Williams reversed 79-51 and took the lead. In the second to fourth innings, O'Sullivan blasted out 56, 84 and 131 points to win three consecutive sets to win 3-1. Mark Williams hit a single 58+52 inning to pull back the set. O'Sullivan scored another 128 innings. Mark Williams scored 92 points to win the seventh inning. O'Sullivan scored 89 points to win the eighth set. Judging from the performance in the first stage, O'Sullivan feels hot and in better shape.
The second stage is divided into winners and losers. In the ninth set, Mark Williams scored 103 points to win. In the tenth inning, O'Sullivan scored 100 points in return. In the eleventh set, Mark Williams scored 89 points to make it 102-40 to bring the General Score closer to 5-6. In the twelfth set, O'Sullivan scored a single 75 to win, again widening the gap in the general bureau to two innings and leading 7-5. In the thirteenth and fourteenth innings, Uncle Ma fired 50 and 51 points in a row, winning two consecutive sets and leveling the general bureau points! Next, O'Sullivan blasted the fourth shot of the game to break 106 points to win, and Mark Williams equalized again at 102-1. Fire Teacher scored 127 points again to take a 9-8 lead, leading the way to match point. Uncle Ma saved the match point 67-57. In the decider, O'Sullivan narrowly won to reach the top 4.
With O'Sullivan's promotion, the first semi-final matchup of this year's Snooker Tour Championship is also out: Rocket o'Sullivan pk defending champion Neil Robertson. Higgins, on the other hand, had to wait for the winner between Trump and Brechel.
It is worth noting that although the Rockets led Neil Robertson 20-12 in the overall head-to-head record, this season, after entering 2022, the Rockets were double-killed by Neil Robertson in 28 days: on January 14, the snooker Masters quarter-finals, O'Sullivan lost 4-6 to Neil Robertson; on February 11, the snooker Players Championship quarter-finals, O'Sullivan lost to Neil Robertson 3-6.