The semifinals of the 2023 ** Gram UK Championship started on the evening of December 2, Beijing time'Sullivan) and Hossein Vafaei battled it out in the second half of the tournament.
Last night, O'Sullivan defeated Zhou Yuelong 6-5 in an average state, while Wafei showed a hot state in the game against Zhang Anda, blasting 3 strokes to break 100, and finally eliminated Zhang Anda 6-4 and met O'Sullivan in the semifinals. The two players have played each other four times before, with O'Sullivan holding the upper hand with 3 wins and 1 loss, most recently at last season's World Championships, where O'Sullivan defeated Wafei 13-2.
Considering Wafi's recent hot hand, people can't help but speculate whether O'Sullivan can withstand the crazy attack of the Iranians. At the beginning of the game, O'Sullivan's state has improved compared with yesterday, while Wafei continued his hot form in the previous round. In the first 3 games, both sides each shot a shot to break 100, and O'Sullivan temporarily led 2-1. In the fourth game, there was a series of mistakes, and the game process slowed down, and Wafei relied on the advantage of the long platform to equalize the score and draw O'Sullivan 2-2.
In the 5th game, both sides made a certain degree of mistakes, but Wafei's mistakes were more serious, and O'Sullivan seized the opportunity to win 60 in a single stroke and re-lead 3-2;In the 6th game, Wafei took the lead to score 52 points, but the poor position led to the interruption of the attack, and O'Sullivan defended the pressure in defense, and finally Wafei made a low-level mistake, resulting in the loss of the game, and O'Sullivan led 4-2 again.
In the 7th game, O'Sullivan exploded the long platform with one shot, and made another mistake after scoring more than 30 points, Wafei seized the opportunity to shoot more than 30 points, but made an inexplicable mistake and gave away the opportunity again. In the process, the game revealed the importance of the long situation and technical details. In the end, O'Sullivan smiled and accepted the gift, scored 5-2, and took the lead in getting the match point. In the 8th game, O'Sullivan got started several times and ended the game with a shot of 50 plus, defeating Wafei 6-2 to advance to the final.
Overall, this game is not about how strong O'Sullivan played, but more about Wafei's unexplained mistakes that led to the final loss. Wafi's loss also cost him a ticket to the Masters, but he is confident that he will continue to do his best. Congratulations again to O'Sullivan for advancing to the final of the British Championship for the 9th time!The final will be the winner of O'Sullivan against Ding Junhui and Trump at 3 o'clock in the morning. Are the fans also looking forward to a final of Ding Ao?
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