In the early morning of May 3, Beijing time, the much-watched Snooker World Championship came to an end. In the end, O'Sullivan wrote an ageless legend, withstood Trump's counterattack, defeated the opponent 18-15, and reached Crucible fort for the seventh time, equaling the "Emperor of Billiards" Hendry's World Championship 7 crown record.
O'Sullivan won the championship
In the previous semifinals, the Rockets beat the Wizards 17-11, and Trump narrowly defeated Uncle Ma 17-16. After the start of the final, in the first stage, O'Sullivan won five consecutive sets with the first loss innings, and the big score was 5-1. Trump then won two straight sets to end the first stage with a big score of 3-5. After the second stage began, the Rockets refueled enough, broke out strongly, and played five consecutive whips again, ending the second stage with a 12-5 lead. According to the momentum at that time, there was no suspense in the outcome of the game, and it was only a matter of time before the Rockets won the championship.
Things changed unexpectedly. After the start of the third stage, Trump suddenly made a threat, with a 1-shot 100 and 1-par 50+ to win 3 sets. O'Sullivan then shot 2,50+ to win two innings, but Trump went on to go back three more innings to end the third stage with a big score of 11-14. The gap between the three sets also made the suspense of the game's victory and defeat rise again.
O'Sullivan burst into tears
In the fourth stage of the game that began in the early morning of the 3rd, the adjusted O'Sullivan found his form, came up and shot 80+ for 2 consecutive shots, winning 2 consecutive sets of 82-12 and 88-12, pulling the big score to 16-11, and the situation was not good. In the 28th inning, Trump scored a single 64 to pull back the set at 72(64)-27 to tie the score to 12-16. But in the 29th set, O'Sullivan again scored a single 75 point to win another set at 91 (75)-1, taking the lead at 17-12, and the game went to halftime, but the suspense of victory and defeat was removed.
Back at halftime, Trump hit his 3rd personal break of the game to save 1 match point with a 151 (109)-0 clean sheet for the Rockets. But O'Sullivan didn't give Little another chance in the 31st set, playing his 13th 50+ to win another set 93 (85)-0 to win the championship at 18-13.
O'Sullivan accepted congratulations from his family
After winning the championship, O'Sullivan burst into tears, receiving congratulations from father, daughter and son on the spot, and embracing strong opponent Trump. It was the outbreak of the third stage of Xiaote that brought the game to a climax. After winning the championship for the seventh time, the 47-year-old Rocket also tied Hendry's record, once again writing a legend and becoming the eternal god of Crucible.