O'Sullivan thinks he is in the worst position of his career, and he has an evaluation of Zhao Xintong, the opponent of the 2025 Snooker World Championship

The 2025 World Snooker Championship recently decided all the top four players of this year, and "Rocket" O'Sullivan seized the opportunity of Chinese player Si Jiahui to make many mistakes in a quarter-final to advance. He felt after the game that he was in the worst form of his career and that it was just luck to win.

O'Sullivan thinks that he has won Si Jiahui, and he is lucky

The 22-year-old Chinese player Si Jiahui faced the 49-year-old O'Sullivan and made many mistakes without pressure throughout the game, ruining the game. When he fell behind 4-8 in the game, he led O'Sullivan 59-16 in the 13th game, and only needed to hit the only red ball left on the table to win the game. However, Si Jiahui hit the ball too hard, causing the red ball to bounce out of the pocket. After the "Rockets", the defense used snooker to make Si Jiahui score twice, and then cleared the table to "steal" the game.

Si Jiahui then chased the game to 9:11 behind, and in the 21st game, he had a chance to score again, but when he was leading 54:29, he left a chance to play a red ball on the far table, and O'Sullivan hit the hand smoothly and reversed with a shot of 36 points; The plot of the 22nd game was similar, Si Jiahui lost the coffee ball when he was leading 43:0, which made O'Sullivan come up behind with a score of 74, and finally won the game 13:9, and advanced to the semifinals of the World Championships for the 14th time.

O'Sullivan said that he was in the worst state of his career

O'Sullivan said after the game that he won like "getting off the hook", he believes that Si Jiahui is playing better and better in the latter part of the game, but often can't get points, "He is a little unlucky, and he lacks a little experience, maybe he will win in the same situation in two years."

Although "The Rocket" won, he wasn't happy with the process, "I played awful, I felt the same way with the bat, and it was probably the worst of my career because I couldn't have been worse." I can only win by my opponent [making mistakes], which feels bad. ”

O'Sullivan will face another Chinese player, Zhao Xintong, in the semifinals. On the other front, Trump broke 100 in one stroke for the 104th time in a single season, setting a record and qualifying, and the opponent was Mark Williams, who narrowly defeated after 25 rounds with Higgins. In the first stage of the semifinals of the Second Snooker World Championship that ended on the 2nd Beijing time, Trump led Mark Williams with a score of 5-3.

O'Sullivan believes that he is the most disgraced in the crowd, "I am probably the worst person in this tournament, you look at other players, it is difficult for me to win at my level." But I'll still try and see if I can do something. ”

Former British Championship champion Zhao Xintong didn't let the Rockets take advantage of the first stage

For Zhao Xintong, "Rocket" also has his own evaluation, "He is a very good player, with talent and potential, and he will definitely get stronger and stronger in the future." But to win the World Championships, talent is not enough, you need to have iron perseverance and steeliness, because you have to stand out against the best. ” In the early morning of May 2, Beijing time, the 2025 World Snooker Championship continued. In the first semi-finals, former British Championship champion Zhao Xintong made a strong effort, and beat the 7-time world champion "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan with two strokes of 50+ in the first two games. After the first stage, the two were tied 4-4.