Too strong, 5-2 championship + 1.6 million, O'Sullivan wins three consecutive victories, Si Jiahui scores 141-0 in vain
Beijing time December 28 news, the 2024 Macao Snooker Masters Invitational continued. In a focus match on the third day of the competition, seven-time world champion "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan was in excellent form, easily defeating Si Jiahui, ranked 13th in the world, with a score of 5-2, and after three wins, he won a reward of 175,000 pounds.
Si Jiahui, ranked 13th in the world, performed well this season, reaching the final of the Wuhan Open. However, seven-time world champion O'Sullivan's performance was average, not only failing to reach the final of any event but also withdrawing from multiple events due to inconsistent form.
However, at the 2024 Macao Snooker Masters Invitational, O'Sullivan's performance was outstanding, narrowly winning 5-4 against "Little Driver" Jack Lisowski on the first day of the competition, and defeating Hong Kong veteran Marco Fu 5-3 on the second day.
On the third day of the competition, he faced Si Jiahui, who had defeated him 6-4 in the Saudi Masters. In this match, the seven-time world champion continued his good form in this competition, and in the first game, O'Sullivan showed a very hot attacking touch right from the start.
In this game, after a period of stalemate after the opening, O'Sullivan seized the opportunity to get his hands on the table, scoring a single shot of 55 points to take the lead 1-0. In the second game, O'Sullivan's attacking touch became even more fiery, directly blasting a single shot of 104 points, clearing the table to make the score 2-0.
In the third game, O'Sullivan extended his lead to 3-0. In the fourth game, after winning three games in a row at the beginning, Si Jiahui finally made some gains, returning a shot of 141 points to O'Sullivan to pull back one game at 1-3.
In the fifth game, O'Sullivan took the lead at the beginning, but broke off after 37-7, and Si Jiahui made another shot after getting his hands on the table, scoring a single shot of 68 points to level the score at 2-3. In the following games, it became O'Sullivan's show, and he won another two games, winning the game with a total score of 5-2 and the top three places, as well as a bonus of 50,000 pounds, earning a reward equivalent to about 1.6 million yuan after three wins.