On April 24, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship ended the 8th matchday of the main tournament, and O'Sullivan eliminated Mark Allen 13-4 to easily advance to the quarterfinals. In this match, O'Sullivan set 3 new records, and he became the player who won the most games in Crucible, which is truly admirable. Unfortunately, O'Sullivan could not wait for Zhao Xintong, who was out of the round early and missed the quarterfinals.
Race Day 8 was quite exciting, ranging from quick finals to marathon battles. The representative of the quick decision was O'Sullivan, who led 12-4 in the first two stages, O'Sullivan did not give Mark Allen the opportunity to fight back, won the 17th set 83-20, eliminated Mark Allen on the aggregate 13-4, and easily advanced to the quarterfinals.
In this game, O'Sullivan set three new records:
First, he shot two shots in the game to break the hundred, and the total number of career hundreds reached 1159, far ahead.
Second, O'Sullivan reached the quarter-finals of the World Championships for the 20th time, surpassing Hendry's 19th time and ranking first in history alone.
Third, this is O'Sullivan's 71st victory at Crucible, surpassing Hendry's 70, and also enjoying the first place in history.
O'Sullivan is still continuing his career and is in excellent form, he has taken a lot of records from Hendry, and what he is most eager for should be a 7th World Championship title, with his current state, he has every chance to catch up with Hendry. In addition to being in excellent form, O'Sullivan's signing was also very good, the first two rounds did not encounter too many challenges, potential opponents Sean Murphy, Zhao Xintong have been out, the opponent in the quarter-final has become Stephen Maguire, he did not lose to Maguire in Cructrum, which is a huge psychological advantage.
Another race of the day staged a marathon battle, China's post-00s yan Bingtao eliminated the defending champion Selby 13-10, which was a surprise, and the single game took nearly 90 minutes, setting a new record for Crucible. Up to now, O'Sullivan, Mark Williams and Yan Bingtao have all played at a very high level, and these three people look like champions. Therefore, Chinese fans are looking forward to Yan Bingtao and O'Sullivan meeting in the final.
Compared to O'Sullivan and Mark Williams, Yan Bingtao has indeed experienced a hard battle, and defeating Selby will also give him self-confidence, and the next performance may get better and better. O'Sullivan and Mark Williams didn't face much of a challenge, and it's unclear whether they'll be able to stay that way once they encounter a formidable opponent. So, Yan Bingtao faces Mark Williams, there is hope to continue to move forward, belongs to China's snooker and even The first world championship of Asian snooker is coming? At least Yan Bingtao showed self-confidence and ambition to impact the championship.
Of course, Yan Bingtao will have to face a hard battle next, should give him more quiet space, do not put too much pressure on him, after all, he is a young player, I wish Yan Bingtao good luck!