9-5 Championship Victory, O'Sullivan Praises Him as a Potential World Champion, Lei Peifan Advances to the Title with a 5-4 Comeback
Beijing time December 30th news, the 2024-25 season snooker world open has come to a successful conclusion. A total of 11 players from the Chinese snooker team have advanced to the main event. Among them, Lei Peifan, who was considered by "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan to be capable of winning the World Championship title, made a comeback against Anthony Hamilton with a score of 5-4.
Recently, snooker events have been very dense, and the performance of the Chinese snooker team has also been outstanding. Ding Junhui, Xiao Guodong, and Lei Peifan have successively won the National Championship, Wuhan Open Championship, and Scottish Open Championship.
As a player who has just returned to professional competition, Lei Peifan has fought his way into the final. In the process of advancing to the final, Lei Peifan has repeatedly staged great comebacks, including a 6-5 reversal against "Little Cannon" Mark Allen in the semi-finals, and finally faced off against Wu Yize in the final for a Chinese derby match.
In the first game of this final, Lei Peifan changed his slow start in the semi-finals where he lost three consecutive games. He took the lead at the beginning of the game with a single shot of 68 points, easily winning 68-1, leading 1-0.
In the second game, Lei Peifan won another game through several shots, 56-13, leading 2-0. In the third game, Wu Yize's hand still felt cold, while Lei Peifan continued to chip away, winning another game 73-29, expanding his lead to 3-0.
In the fourth game, Lei Peifan made a single shot of 71 points, sealing Wu Yize 75-0, further expanding his lead to 4-0. In the fifth game, after a brief intermission, Wu Yize finally stopped his slump. He made a single shot of 69 points, sealing Lei Peifan 102-0, pulling back one game to 1-4.
In the sixth game, the two engaged in a tug-of-war battle. In the tense game, Wu Yize still won 73-52, closing the score to 2-4. In the seventh game, Wu Yize made a single shot of 51, winning 67-15 again, closing the score to 3-4. In the first stage, he led 5-3. In the second stage, Lei Peifan continued his efforts and won the championship with a score of 9-5. With the joy of the championship, Lei Peifan came to the world open qualifying round. In the match against Hamilton, he made a comeback and advanced 5-4 after losing the first three games!