Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, September 12 (Reporter Zhu Di, Guo Jingdan) on the 12th, the 2018 World Snooker Shanghai Masters competition began its third competition day. O’Sullivan came on stage. In the match against the “Australian machine” Robertson, the “Rocket” was quick. The two representatives of “75 Sanjie”, hikins and Mark Williams, were happy and worried. Williams easily promoted, while hikins reluctantly defeated his opponent.
The match between O’Sullivan and Robertson was undoubtedly the highlight of the day. In the expectation that the “diamond cut diamond” of the two attacking Masters did not appear. The better O’Sullivan went down two cities in less than half an hour, the big score is 2:0 leading.
In the third game, Robertson took the lead in opening the situation. After a single shot scored 64 points, he missed the red ball and gave out the right. O’Sullivan took advantage of the opportunity to get 52 points in a row. Just when people thought that the “rocket” cleared one shot, he made a mistake when attacking ball powder and gave up the opportunity. At this time, only powder was left on the table, black two balls. After a fight, O’Sullivan finally gained a valuable 13 points, 65:64 points to beat the opponent, and achieved a 3:0 lead.
In the fourth game, Robertson struggled to pull back a game; At the end of the half, O’Sullivan led by 3:1.
At the beginning of the second half, Robertson, who got the rest adjustment, got better, but he was still in the fifth game and the score was pulled to 1:4. In the sixth game, Robertson finally found the hand feeling and blew out 107 points for a single shot. He won the bureau happily and at the same time he pulled the big score into 2:4. But then O’Sullivan won the seventh game and got the competition point.
Although “Australian machine” tenaciously saved a match point, in the ninth game, O’Sullivan, who got the chance to get started, locked the victory with 75 points and easily advanced to the top eight. O’Sullivan said after the game that he played bravely and decisively that day, but his status also fluctuated slightly and he constantly adjusted during the game. For this year’s new venue, he said he liked it very much and adapted well.
O’Sullivan’s next opponent is Bingham, who automatically advanced because Murphy withdrew.
In the afternoon match, Mark Williams, who had previously won the World Championship, played against Anthony McGill. In the first half, Williams took the lead from 3:1; After returning from half-time break, Williams still performed strongly, and took the lead from 5:2. Although McGill resisted the pressure and saved a match point, he finally lost 3:6, and veteran Williams successfully advanced to the top eight.
Another representative of “75 Sanjie”, Higgins, has no such good luck. In the match with Ryan Day, Higgins started to fall behind by 0:2. At the end of half, “White Wizard” fell behind 1:3. At the beginning of the second half, Higgins recovered somewhat. After winning three games in a row, he achieved a 4:3 anti-overtaking; But later Ryan Dai dragged the game into the final round tenaciously. In the final match, Ryan Dai did not give the “White Wizard” another chance, and won the game with 87 points in a single shot.