On 30 April 2022, the Snooker World Championships continued, with four world champions vying for a place in the final, using a 17-win format of 33 innings, and the two-stage match ended with O'Sullivan leading Higgins 10-6 and Trump leading Mark 11-5. Williams, it is likely that in the end it will be O'Sullivan and Trump vying for the title, and it will still depend on the situation in the third stage, and the result is suspenseful.
At the end of the first stage of the eight innings, the two sides played a draw, O'Sullivan fell behind 0-3 to chase 4 draws, Higgins although the score was average, but he still did not fall behind with excellent defense, O'Sullivan blasted out a single shot of 116 points, 107 points, 70 points, 55 points, 54 points, Higgins played a single shot 58 points, 50 points, for O'Sullivan, Higgins is the number one opponent, it is really difficult to play.
Now in the second stage, the same is arranged eight games, in the 9th set Higgins scored a red ball, but could not continue to connect the attack, O'Sullivan played a single 73 points, the 10th set of the two sides made mistakes, Higgins with high quality defense mastered the initiative, won the fight 64-34, in the 11th set Higgins played a single 53 points, to complete the super score at 79-0, and in the 12th set O'Sullivan returned the single score of 99 points.
Just in the 12th game O'Sullivan had a chance to break the hundred, but he took the initiative to choose the blue ball, give up the powder ball on the difference of 1 point, many fans have expressed pity, in fact, whether they can complete the break of the hundred, O'Sullivan himself does not care, he enjoys the game very much, Higgins is the same, the two in The Crucible to compete for the final seat, the process is destined to be wonderful, both sides win two sets each to enter the half-time.
After a short break, the game continued, in the 13th set O'Sullivan took advantage of the situation, played a single 91 points to win another set, in the 14th set the two sides engaged in a long defensive battle, Higgins played a single 43 points to interrupt the attack, O'Sullivan played a single 55 points, there were 25 points on the table, O'Sullivan completed the super score, Higgins did not succeed in doing snooker, O'Sullivan won 73-43.
Higgins took the lead in the 15th inning, only 6 points to interrupt the attack, O'Sullivan played a single 70 points, in the 16th set Higgins played a single 53 points to turn into the defense, O'Sullivan cleared the stage to complete the reversal, 65-58 narrow victory, winning five consecutive sets 10-6 Higgins.
Earlier ended the match with Trump and Mark. Williams won four sets each and tied in the second stage, and the feel of both sides picked up, and Trump blasted out a single shot of 114 points, 100 points, 79 points, 50 points, Mark . Williams blasted out 119, 70 and 52 points, and the matchup was brilliant, with Trump still maintaining a six-set lead.