The 2022 Snooker World Championship final has ended the second stage of the competition on the morning of May 2, Beijing time. It was different from what most people expected before the game. The score came to 12 to 5. "Rocket" Ronnie O. Sullivan is way ahead of Judd Trump.

In the history of the Crucible Theatre (the venue for the World Championships), there has been only one case where the final score difference reached more than 6 innings and finally reversed - in 1985, Taylor was 18-17 in the final 18-17 lore after falling behind 1-9. Davis.

It can be said that O'Sullivan, who holds a seven-inning lead, has left little suspense about the outcome of the game.

Just under the great situation in the first two stages of this final, the "Rocket" repeatedly had disputes with the referee of the final, Martial, and his maverick nature was exposed.

　　The referee in this game is the top referee from Belgium, Olivier Martial.

However, according to British media reports, in the previous game, O'Sullivan did not like to see the referee, which paved the way for the "Rockets" and Martial to have several verbal disputes.

In the fourth inning of the game, O'Sullivan was very dissatisfied with Martial's repositioning of the cue ball when he failed to clear an obstacle ball and needed to reset the cue ball. After the two discussed a few words, the "Rocket" even did Out of the action of handing the club to Martial, which means "try this ball."

　　Returning after the game break, at the end of the eighth game, the contradictions and conflicts between the two escalated.

O'Sullivan was inaccurate in the stage of clearing the colored balls. He made a snooker shot for himself. He should be a little resentful.

In this case, the white ball should be restored, but because the "rocket" shot too fast, Martial could not determine the original position of the white ball.

So Martial accused O'Sullivan at this moment should let him be optimistic about the position of the white ball before hitting the ball.

In this regard, O'Sullivan made a fierce response.

Before the game entered the break, O'Sullivan hurriedly left without shaking hands with Martial, which was supposed to be illegal.

　　Some fans pointed out that it would be better if the final was replaced by Pozlova of Bulgaria or Wollaston of Belarus. These two female referees are also very important referees in the snooker world today, and this World Championships He also served as a referee for a large number of games.

Before the famous beauty referee Camila Tabu retired from the front line, O'Sullivan had left countless world famous games in front of her.

　　O'Sullivan's words and deeds are very controversial, and he has always been a person with conflicting personalities.

In the 2007 Masters final, the 20-year-old Ding Junhui was beaten 3-10 by O'Sullivan. With the mockery and ridicule from the fans on the sidelines, the young Ding Junhui couldn't help sobbing.

At this time, the "Rocket" hugged Ding Junhui in his arms to comfort him, and scolded the fans who performed too much. That scene was very heartwarming.

　　O’Sullivan can deliberately hit a 146 after learning from the referee that there is no bonus for the full score, or he can refuse to attend the compulsory ranking competition due to poor health or other reasons and excuses, and he has repeatedly spoken against Snooker International. senior officials of the organization.

But this is "Rocket", a proud genius who tends to be spontaneous and independent, obeying the law but not sticking to any small details.

Fans still like him, and some fans even left a message online saying: "If O'Sullivan retires, I will never watch snooker again." A snooker player who can be so admired and loved by fans, look at In the world, there is only one "rocket".

　　Text/Reporter Liu Ailin