Sohu Sports News On the early morning of December 18, Beijing time, the Snooker World Grand Prix of the 2021/2022 season continued. In the two quarter-finals in the second half, “Rocket” O’Sullivan continued to maintain an excellent state, blasting a single shot. Bailey beat Jimmy Robertson 5-2. In another match, veteran Bingham beat Maguire 5-1 with a single shot. The second half semifinals will be held between O’Sullivan and Bingham.
O’Sullivan 5-2 Robertson
After “Rocket” O’Sullivan won the sixth title of the World Championships in 2020, the number of career ranking champions stayed at 37. Last season, he scored 5 times in the ranking finals and lost all of them, failing to continue to expand his lead. O’Sullivan had a mediocre start this season. He just finished the Scottish game and lost to the semi-finals to Higgins. O’Sullivan won two consecutive 4-1 streaks against Hicks and Wafi in this race. In the quarterfinals, O’Sullivan faced Jimmy Robertson, who defeated Celtic in the first round and beat the Scottish champion Brecher 4-3 in the last round. The two have played against each other twice before, and O’Sullivan won two 4-0 wins without losing a game.
In the first game, all the red balls in the defensive competition were broken up in the opening stage. O’Sullivan started to encircle the ball and took a 56-0 lead and then stuck to the blue ball and then missed the top pocket. After Robertson scored 8 points in a row, he cut the top pocket and made a big-angle black ball error. O’Sullivan seized the opportunity to hit the over-point to take the 1-0 lead.
In the second game, O’Sullivan sank to the bottom of the game and leaked the chance of the bag. Robertson nudged and scored the red ball in the bag, and then the offensive blue ball transitioned into the game. This shot Robertson scored a single shot with 70 points to get an over-point. The advantage was that O’Sullivan gave up the game by only one over, and the total score came to a 1-1 tie.
In the 3rd game, O’Sullivan took the lead to score an over-distance offense. After scoring 34 points, he made a mistake and turned to the defense. Robertson made a penalty and left a free kick. O’Sullivan scored a coffee free kick. After 44-0, he switched to defense again. Roberson’s safety ball fell into the wind, and O’Sullivan scored a 2-1 lead in the round. In the 4th game, O’Sullivan did not enter the long platform and directly exploded the ball. Robertson seized the opportunity of the bottom pocket to get the ball around. Then this offense hit a single shot with 106 points and 100 points, and the total score came to 2-2.
After a 15-minute break, O’Sullivan’s offensive end began to speed up in the 5th game. Robertson made a penalty and left a chance for a sack shot. O’Sullivan pushed the red ball to a 17-0 advantage, and then the second shot. After the long table fights the ball, it wins with a single shot of 80 points, leading 3-2 in total.
In the 6th inning, Robertson made a safety ball error and leaked the red ball under the bottom pocket. O’Sullivan made a reverse cut and scored the red ball into the bottom pocket. In the defensive battle, O’Sullivan scored another long table, accurately placed the black ball and shot 112 points in a single shot, leading to the match point with a total score of 4-2.
In the 7th inning, Robertson took the lead to score a long shot, but with bad luck, the low shot cue ball was pulled back and fell directly to the top pocket. O’Sullivan pushed the bottom pocket to stick the red ball to the top, and this shot made a single pass. A 68-point over score won the game, and the total score was 5-2 to advance to the semi-finals.
Bingham 5-1 Maguire
Veteran Bingham is the representative of the late bloomers of snooker. He won his first ranking tournament title at the age of 35. However, he won the World Championships in 2015 and the Masters Championship in 2020. He has entered the finals for 11 times and won 6 of his career so far. Ranking champion. Recently, Bingham fell into a downturn and experienced a two-and-a-half-year championship drought. Prior to this season, the rankings had not broken through the third round of performance. In the first two rounds of this station, he defeated Walton and Carter in the first two consecutive decisive games. In the quarter-finals, Bingham met with the famous Maguire, who won the tour last season and broke the 7-year championship drought. This season, it is the quarterfinals in Scotland, winning streaks of McGill and Lisowski in this event. The two have played against each other 18 times before, winning 9 games each and tying each other.
In the first game, the defensive competition for the red ball pile was broken up and the black ball was blocked in the opening stage. Bingham pushed the red ball in the bag to get started. After 17 points in a row, he made a mistake and turned to the defense. Maguire made a safety ball error and missed the ball, and Bingham once again took a single shot with 53 points to establish an over-point advantage and took a 1-0 lead in this game.
In the second game, Maguire left the long table after the kick-off, and Bingham pushed the red ball directly into the bottom pocket. The cue ball went two places and called the blue ball. Bingham made this shot after successfully entering the game. The ball hit a single stroke of 105 points and broke 100 points, and the total score came to a 2-0 lead.
In the 3rd game, Maguire’s state was still not ideal. In the opening stage, he made a mistake in the safety ball competition and directly hit a red ball into the bottom pocket. The Bingham platform successfully pushed the lipstick ball into the pocket. The surrounding ball scored 95 points to complete a one-stroke victory, with a total score of 3-0 to expand the lead.
In the 4th inning, the defensive contention broke up the red ball in the opening stage. Bingham used the black ball to score the red ball K. After scoring 20 points in a row, he lost the red ball in the bottom half of the table. Maguire made a mistake and missed the ball again. Bingham took a 36-4 lead on the second shot and then missed the bottom pocket red ball again. Maguire was in a sluggish state and made an offensive error. , The total score came to the match point with a 4-0 lead.
After a 15-minute break, in the 5th round, Maguire pushed into the top pocket and finally got the chance to get the ball. This offense hit a single shot of 139 large and broke 100, which is also the highest score in a single shot so far in this tournament, and is expected to get The highest score of 10,000 pounds is a bonus, saving a match point 1-4 behind.
In the 6th round, Bingham scored a long table at the beginning and made a mistake with a simple yellow ball in the top pocket. Maguire lost the lipstick ball. After that, Bingham took a 48-0 lead and scored a black ball in the bottom pocket. The ball throws a red ball K into the bag. Maguire had another chance to save the game. After scoring 24 points in a row, Bingham made a mistake with a black ball. Bingham then shot to an overpoint to take the game, with a total of 5-1. Bingham advances to the semifinals and will face. O’Sullivan.Return to Sohu to see more
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