In the early morning of July 5th, Beijing time, Snooker Champions League continued. In a match in the first group, O'Sullivan defeated Alfie Burton 3-1 and won two consecutive group stage victories. . However, in this game, O'Sullivan unexpectedly lost the first game of the new season. His opponent Alfie Burton blasted a single stroke of 79 points to win, and O'Sullivan immediately admitted defeat.
World Championship 7 crown, returning to the world's number one. There is no doubt that O'Sullivan is now the well-deserved number one in the world snooker , although Teacher Huo is already 46 years old and will be 47 years old at the end of this year , but, so what? O'Sullivan is still the ageless hero among snooker fans.
Previously, O'Sullivan made his debut of the new season last night. In the first round of the group stage, O'Sullivan defeated Ajab 3-0. In the game, O'Sullivan hit 3 shots of 50+ in a row.
In this campaign, O'Sullivan faced his second opponent in the group stage: Alfie Burton. Before this game, the standings of this group were: Usenbach ranked first with 6 points from 2 games and 2 wins, O'Sullivan ranked second with 1 win from 1 game, Alfie Burton and Ajab both had 0 points Win by 0 points.
In the first game, O'Sullivan scored 68 points on a single shot, establishing a 1-0 advantage in the overall game. In the second game, Alfie Burton took the lead to score 40 points and then made a mistake. O'Sullivan's first single shot of 33 points was also broken. In the end, O'Sullivan scored the last black ball and ended the game at 60-55. Killed Alfie Burton. In the third game, Alfie Burton won with 79 points on a single stroke. O'Sullivan lost the first game of the new season, which was an upset.
In the fourth game, Alfie Burton was very close to victory, but he played too fast and made a mistake! O'Sullivan seized the opportunity and after several twists and turns, finally completed the reversal and won the overall game 3-1. However, he unexpectedly lost the first game of the new season and still failed to break the 100-break mark for the first time in the new season.
According to the rules of this Champions League, the final group leader can advance. Therefore, in the last round of the group stage, O'Sullivan, who also has 2 wins from 2 games, will compete with Usenbach for the first place in the group. right.
It is worth mentioning that Usenbach is a rare player in today's snooker world who has maintained a complete victory against O'Sullivan. He can be called one of O'Sullivan's rare sufferers. In the past two games, Uzbekistan Sembach maintains a complete victory: In the third round of the 2019 Welsh Open , Usenbach 4-2 O'Sullivan; in the second round of the 2020 British Snooker Championship , Usenbach beat Osha 6-5 Levin.
