Chinanews.com client, February 22. The final battle of the 2021 Snooker Welsh Open was staged early in the morning on the 22nd, Beijing time. The biggest dark horse in the event, Jordan Brown, scored 74 points in a single stroke and beat the world champion Luo with a 9:8 score. O'Sullivan, for the first time won the ranking trophy.

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  It is worth mentioning that three years ago, the Northern Irishman Brown, who had already fallen out of the professional game, was still working at a gas station. He returned to the professional game last season and was still worried about relegation.

Before the Welsh Open, the 33-year-old Brown ranked only 81st in the world and had never broken through the top 8 in the rankings.

  In the final with O'Sullivan, Brown scored 58, 78 and 107 points in a single stroke as soon as he entered the game, achieving a 4:1 lead.

  Then O'Sullivan began to exert his strength, brushing two consecutive strokes to break the 100, but Brown took the lead in the last game of the afternoon stage to overtake the score, winning 67:36, and got a big 5:3 lead.

O'Sullivan came back in the evening to make an effort, two shots 60+ in a row to overtake the score, Brown regained a city before the intermission, the two sides drew 6:6.

  After that, the two sides started a chasing battle and won each game. O'Sullivan got the chance to go ahead again in the 15th game, but he missed the pink ball with only 25 points. Brown seized the opportunity to pass by 56 points with 8 points. : 7 leads.

With 119 points in a single stroke, O'Sullivan brought the game to the final game. As a result, Brown used a clean stroke of 74 points to directly seal the victory and won the championship prize of 70,000 pounds.

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  This victory made Brown the fourth Northern Irish player to win the Snooker Ranking after Alex Higgins, Dennis Taylor and close friend Mark Allen.

The 81st in the world is also the world's lowest ranked champion since Dave Harold won the Asian Open in 1993 with the 93rd in the world.

  Brown said after the game: “It’s incredible to beat the greatest player in history in the final of a big game. I’m very calm today. I’m not fighting against my opponent. If I keep fighting against Ronnie, I don’t focus on it. The ball itself is very difficult to play. My strategy is to focus on my own ball, which is very effective."

  "Now I am a very proud Northern Irishman, following in the footsteps of the predecessors, this is definitely a dream come true. It is really great to be able to participate in the Players Championship and it is of great significance. I have proved a lot of things here today, I believe I have proven to my colleagues and the people in my hometown that I can compete in the highest level of snooker arena." (End)