In the second stage of the semi-finals of the World Snooker Championship, which just ended on April 30, 2022, Beijing time, six-time world champion O'Sullivan and four-time world champion Higgins continued to have a wonderful showdown. During this phase, O'Sullivan continued to play well, temporarily taking a 10-6 lead over Higgins with his superb performances of 73, 99, 91, 55 and 70 points. Next, they will start the third phase of the showdown at 17:00 today.
O'Sullivan won three straight sets in a 4-4 draw with Higgins
In the first stage of the match between the two sides, O'Sullivan was in significantly better shape. In the first set, Higgins won 76:53 to take a 1-0 lead. In the second set, Higgins scored 50 points and won the set 69-46 to take a 2-0 lead. In the third set, Higgins scored 58 points and 87:32 to take a 3-0 lead. In the fourth inning, O'Sullivan scored 70 points 70-7 to leave Higgins 1-3 behind. In the fifth set, O'Sullivan scored 54 points and 99-1 to win the set to trail Higgins 2-3. In the sixth set, O'Sullivan scored 116 points 116:10 to win the set in a 3-3 draw with Higgins. In the seventh set, Higgins won the set 66:55 to give O'Sullivan a 4-3 lead. In the eighth set, O'Sullivan scored a 107-pointer to seal Higgins 127-0 to end the first eight sets of the first eight sets in the first stage.
Higgins won two more sets in a 6-6 draw with O'Sullivan
After the second stage of the game, O'Sullivan remained in good shape. In the fifth inning, O'Sullivan scored a 45-point deficit in the lead, and then Higgins scored a red ball to get started, but he unfortunately scored a red ball and was given a four-point penalty when he hit the coffee ball K ball, and O'Sullivan single-shot 73 points 122:1 to win the set to take a 4-3 lead. In the tenth inning, Higgins was awarded 4 points for 8 points of hitting mistakes, O'Sullivan made a mistake, and Higgins scored another 3 points. In the end, Higgins won the game 64:34 with a number of mobile phones to win the game 5-5 with O'Sullivan. In the eleventh inning, Higgins took a 6-5 lead with a brilliant 53-point performance to keep a 79-0 clean sheet against O'Sullivan. In the twelfth set, O'Sullivan scored the first red ball to win the mobile session, and the latest 99-point clean sheet was determined to return to the same running line with a 6-6 draw with Higgins.
O'Sullivan won four straight sets to lead Higgins 10-6
After entering the second half of the second stage of the game, O'Sullivan's form picked up. In the thirteenth inning, Higgins attempted to attack the red ball error, O'Sullivan scored the right bottom pocket red ball to play, and single shot a 91-point clean sheet Higgins to take a 7-6 lead. In the fourteenth set, Higgins scored a lucky ball and scored 43 points, and then O'Sullivan scored a red ball to win the mobile session, O'Sullivan single shot 55 points 73:43 to win the game to lead Higgins 8-6 to extend the point difference into two sets.
In the fifteenth inning, Higgins scored six points first to hit a red ball error, O'Sullivan scored the red ball in the left bottom pocket to shoot a straight shot to shoot 70 points and win the set 70-6 and lead Higgins 9-6. In the sixteenth inning, O'Sullivan took the lead in taking advantage of Higgins' mistake to score the red ball in the left center pocket, but he hit the blue ball after scoring seven points and unfortunately scored the red ball K. Higgins scored a red ball and won the mobile session, and Higgins scored a mistake with 53 points. In the end, O'Sullivan won the game 65:58 to give Higgins a 10-6 lead to extend the advantage to four innings.