In the early morning of December 11th, Beijing time, the 2021 Snooker Scottish Open continued to compete for the quarter-finals. In a focus game, Chinese star players Li Xing and World Championships 6 champion "Rockets" Ronnie O'Sullivan fought to the decisive game, losing 4-5 missed to advance to the top 4. In the second round, Li Xing eliminated the World Championship champion Sean Murphy who was disrespectful to amateur players 4-2.
O'Sullivan is currently ranked No. 3 in the world, and Lee Hang is ranked No. 51 in the world. The two have reached the final and top 4 of the Scottish Open last season. Both played very well in this competition. In the second round, Li Xing eliminated World Championship champion Murphy 4-2. O'Sullivan advanced to the quarterfinals with two 4-3 lore.
In the past, Li Xing and O'Sullivan had a total of 3 encounters, with a record of 3 matches and 0 wins. Nevertheless, the scores of two games are very close: 3-4, 4-6, if the opportunity is better grasped, Li Xing may defeat O'Sullivan in the past confrontation. In the first game of the game, Li Xing scored 51 points on a single stroke, winning the first game 80-24 and opening the goal 1-0.
In the second game, O'Sullivan scored 50 points on a single stroke, winning 58-14, and the score was 1-1. In the third game, Li Xing scored 54 points on a single stroke, O'Sullivan replied with 66 points on a single stroke, scored 67-55, 2-1 lead. In the fourth game, Li Xing showed a good offensive touch. He scored 116 points on a single shot, and 116-9 pulled back a game, and the score was 2-2.
fifth round,After returning from the break, O'Sullivan maintained a good offensive touch. He scored 82 points in a single shot and won the game 98-4, leading 3-2 again. In the sixth game, Li Xing scored 56 points and won 82-17. The score came to 3-3. The two sides tied again. In the seventh game, O'Sullivan scored another 80 points, 81-12 won another game, 4-3 lead again, and the first to win the match point.
In the eighth game, Li Xing, who has no way out, wants to advance to the top 4 and must win two games in a row. In this game, he launched a tenacious counterattack, hitting 53 points in a single shot, 81-0 zero O'Sullivan, after saving the match point, the score came to 4-4, the two sides entered the decisive game.
In the decisive game, Li Xing suddenly misfired, O'Sullivan scored 56 points in a single stroke, 88-0 to seal the victory, and the total score was 5-4 to win Li Xing. In this round, if Li Xing had a better chance, he would most likely kill his opponent 5-4. It seems that we can only wait for the next time!
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