Winning 5 titles and 2.26 million, O'Sullivan's state is invincible, winning 5 consecutive victories in the Macau Masters Invitational Tournament
At 1:00 PM on January 1st, Beijing time, the 2024 Macau Snooker Masters Invitational Tournament has successfully concluded. The seven-time world champion "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan played extremely hotly, achieving a record of 5 consecutive victories in all five games and simultaneously earning a prize of 250,000 pounds. In the final round, O'Sullivan made a comeback against Stuart Bingham, the World Championship winner, with a score of 5-1.
Last season, O'Sullivan won the championship title in five events and was awarded the title of Best Player of the Season. However, this season, O'Sullivan's state has not been good, and due to his poor form and results, there have been multiple withdrawals from competitions.
But at the 2024 Macau Snooker Masters Invitational Tournament, facing a prize of 50,000 pounds for each victory, O'Sullivan once again showed his magic. This competition invited Chinese players Ding Junhui, Fu Jiajun, and Si Jiahui to participate.
In addition, there are the seven-time world champion "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan, the world's first "Accuracy King" Judd Trump, as well as "Brother Nong" Kyren Wilson, "Shark" Stuart Bingham, "Little Driver" Jack Lisowski, and Jack Jones. However, this year's competition lacked the inaugural Macau Snooker Masters champion "Golden Left Hand" Mark Williams.
Last year in Macau, Williams won the championship and also received a prize of 150,000 pounds. This year's competition does not set a championship, but the prize money is very attractive, with a minimum appearance fee of 25,000 pounds per game, 50,000 pounds for each win, and a maximum single-rod prize of 15,000 pounds. The competition adopts a 9-game, 5-win system.
Among the 9 players invited this year, Ding Junhui and Trump only played one game, while O'Sullivan played five consecutive games, facing Lisowski, Fu Jiajun, Si Jiahui, Wilson, and Bingham respectively. Facing these five top players, O'Sullivan played his best performance this season.
In the end, O'Sullivan won these five top players with scores of 5-4, 5-3, 5-3, 5-2, and 5-1, achieving a five-game winning streak and winning five individual game championships, as well as a championship prize of 250,000 pounds (2.26 million RMB). Among them, in the last game against Bingham, he lost the first game and then won five consecutive games, achieving a total score of 5-1 to make a comeback and win five consecutive victories!