The Macau Snooker Masters Invitational has concluded, with the last match day seeing two world champions, Kyren Wilson and Stuart Bingham, suffer defeats. Meanwhile, fellow world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan capped off his participation with a perfect record of five wins. With all matches now completed, the final standings are as follows: O'Sullivan with five wins, Marco Fu with one win and one loss, Judd Trump with one win, Kyren Wilson with two losses, Ding Junhui with one loss, Si Jiahui with one loss, Lyu Haotian with one loss, and Bingham with one loss.
On the final day, three world champions—O'Sullivan, Wilson, and Bingham—took to the field, with Wilson and Bingham challenging snooker GOAT O'Sullivan in succession.
In the first match that concluded, Wilson lost 2-5 to O'Sullivan. In the opening stages, Wilson took the lead by scoring a century break of 106 points to win the first frame. However, O'Sullivan seized the opportunity in the second frame, scoring 98 points to level the total score. In the third frame, O'Sullivan continued his hot streak, blasting a single-stroke 131. He then won the fourth frame with a single-stroke 86, taking three frames in a row to lead 3-1. Wilson managed to reverse the fifth frame with a score of 66-54, closing the gap to 2-3. Immediately after, O'Sullivan ended the match with consecutive single-stroke scores of 135 and 112.
In the subsequent second match, Bingham also lost to O'Sullivan with a total score of 1-5. In this match, O'Sullivan lost the first frame but then went on a rampage, scoring three centuries (134, 116, 116) and two 70+ breaks (80, 77), winning five frames in a row to reverse the match. Thus, O'Sullivan finished with a perfect record of five wins, appearing for four consecutive match days and facing a grueling schedule. He defeated Lyu Haotian 5-4, Marco Fu 5-3, Si Jiahui 5-2, Kyren Wilson 5-2, and Stuart Bingham 5-1, delivering an event with high观赏性 for the audience in Macau, China.
Our three Chinese players, Marco Fu, Ding Junhui, and Si Jiahui, played a total of four matches. Marco Fu participated in two matches, securing one victory by scoring a single-stroke 147 to narrowly defeat Kyren Wilson with a total score of 5-4. His other match was a loss to O'Sullivan. Both Ding Junhui and Si Jiahui played one match each, with Ding losing 1-5 to Judd Trump and Si Jiahui losing 2-5 to O'Sullivan. The overall record for Chinese players in this event is one win and three losses. Up next, the Hangzhou exhibition match is about to commence, with Ding Junhui participating again. Another Chinese local player, Xiao Guodong, will also compete. According to the previously announced schedule, Ding Junhui will face O'Sullivan and Trump, while Xiao Guodong will challenge Mark Williams.
