Seven-time World Championship winner Ronnie O'Sullivan announced his withdrawal from the 25th Snooker Champions League after the fifth match, marking his fourth withdrawal this season. In the previous Champions League, O'Sullivan had a similar move when he withdrew mid-tournament after playing the third group match, which led to controversy as his opponents could not receive the winning points. On the first day of the competition, O'Sullivan suffered an opening defeat, winning only one out of four matches. According to the schedule, O'Sullivan had only two matches on the second day, against Milkins and Carter. Facing Milkins, who was at the bottom of the rankings, O'Sullivan was reversed in the first game, but he managed to score a single-stroke 90 points in just five minutes in the third game, although he failed to pot the pink and black balls to complete a century break, he still took the lead with a 2-1 match point. In the fourth game, O'Sullivan failed to maintain his good form, and Milkins made up for it with a score of 62-6; in the decisive game, O'Sullivan unexpectedly encountered a miss after getting on the long table, followed by a violent shot and a任性一杆, eventually losing 2-3 to Milkins again. In the next two games, O'Sullivan's accuracy became a problem, scoring only 6 and 9 points. The turning point of the game came in the fourth game when O'Sullivan, trailing 0-47, wanted to hit the pink ball but made a simple mistake and immediately smashed his cue stick in anger, then quickly apologized, and the referee showed…