On January 2, 2025, Beijing time, the fourth match of the China Hangzhou CBSA Snooker Superstar Invitational just concluded, where O'Sullivan and Higgins completed an exciting battle.
In this match, O'Sullivan showed a very strong competitive state. The first person in history defeated Higgins 5-1 with a single shot of 108 points, 56 points, 53 points, 50 points and four consecutive victories.
After this game, O'Sullivan completed the two consecutive victories in the CBSA Hangzhou Superstar Invitational.
O'Sullivan performed well with a 1-1 draw against Higgins
In the first game, Higgins took the lead in playing high-quality defense, O'Sullivan made a mistake in solving the ball, leaving Higgins the opportunity to play. Higgins hit the red ball on the hand and got 8 points, then missed the red ball in the left bottom pocket and was fined 4 points for the mother ball falling into the bag. O'Sullivan chose to sink the top of the mother ball to defend.
Higgins made a mistake in hitting the ball and was fined 4 points. O'Sullivan hit the red ball on the hand and got 13 points again. Higgins hit the red ball in the left bottom pocket and chose to defend. O'Sullivan hit the red ball in the right bottom pocket and won the game with a single shot of 56 points, 77:9, thus leading Higgins 1-0 to take the lead.
In the second game, O'Sullivan hit the red ball first and missed the black ball after hitting it, and was fined 7 points because the mother ball fell into the bag. Higgins seized the opportunity to hit the red ball on the hand and won the game with a single shot of 102 points, 109:1, and drew 1-1 with O'Sullivan.
Higgins lost two games in a row and trailed O'Sullivan 1-3
In the third game, O'Sullivan hit the red ball in the right high difficulty middle bag first and got 8 points, then made a mistake in hitting the ball and was fined 4 points. Higgins chose a simple defense. O'Sullivan hit the long-range red ball to get the opportunity to play, but he had to choose to defend after making a single shot of 53 points due to poor positioning.
Higgins hit the red ball on the hand but made a mistake when hitting the blue ball. O'Sullivan seized the opportunity to hit the red ball on the hand again and won the game with a performance of 74:5, thus continuing to lead Higgins 2-1.
In the fourth game, Higgins hit the red ball first and chose to sink the mother ball at the bottom of the warehouse to defend. O'Sullivan made a defensive mistake and the mother ball fell into the bag and was fined 4 points.
Higgins chose a simple defense. O'Sullivan got 8 points and made a mistake. Then Higgins got 5 points and also made a mistake. O'Sullivan hit the red ball on the hand and won the game with a single shot of 109 points, 117:10, ensuring a 3-1 lead over Higgins.
O'Sullivan locks the victory and defeats Higgins 5-1
In the fifth game, Higgins tried to attack and made a mistake, leaving O'Sullivan the opportunity to attack the red ball in the right bottom pocket. O'Sullivan hit the red ball on the hand and got 6 points, then made a mistake in the mother ball falling into the bag and was fined 4 points. Higgins left the long-range offensive opportunity while defending.
O'Sullivan successfully hit the red ball on the hand, but unfortunately hit the blue ball and was fined 5 points after getting 24 points. Higgins hit the red ball on the hand and got 9 points, then missed the black ball. O'Sullivan got 29 points and missed the red ball in the right middle pocket.
Higgins seized the opportunity to hit the red ball on the hand and got 24 points, then tried to flip the bag and made a mistake. O'Sullivan hit the red ball in the right middle pocket on the hand and finally won the game 69:33, 4-1 ahead of Higgins to get the match point first.
In the sixth game, O'Sullivan got 12 points first and made a mistake, then Higgins got up and made a single shot of 53 points and tried to attack the mother ball and was fined 4 points. O'Sullivan made an attacking mistake, Higgins got up again and got 10 points and made a mistake. O'Sullivan flipped the bag into the red ball on the hand, and finally won the game with a single shot of 50 points, 66:63, defeating Higgins 5-1.