In the early morning of February 23, Beijing time, the 2024 **g Players Championship continued. In a key match in the 1 4 finals, the world's No. 1 "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan faced 4-time world champion Mark Selby. What was supposed to be a close contest turned out to be a one-sided contest, with five match points at the end of the fifth game at 0-5.
*Prior to the Croatian Players Championship, 2024 has already produced a fourth championship event. Among them, the two championships of the Masters and the World Grand Prix were taken away by Ronnie O'Sullivan, the seven-time world champion and the world's No. 1 "rocket". Among them, in the first game of the Masters, O'Sullivan faced his old opponent Ding Junhui, although Director Ding scored 147 points in a single stroke in the game, O'Sullivan still won 6-3 and advanced.
In the 1 4 finals, O'Sullivan faced "Master Huo" Barry Hawkins, and the opponent eliminated "Melbourne Machine" Neil Robertson 6-3 in the 1 8 finals. In the first game, Hawkins entered the state very slowly, and O'Sullivan won with a single stroke of 88 points, 89-0 clean Hawkins, leading 1-0. In the second game, Hawkins pulled back a game 64-35 through several shots, and the score was 1-1.
In the third game, O'Sullivan beat Hawkins 79-0 through piecemeal play, leading 2-1 again. In the fourth game, Hawkins scored 74 points in a single stroke, 74-12 to pull back a game, and the score was 2-2.
In the fifth game, after returning from a short break, Hawkins continued to exert his strength, and he scored 56 points in a single stroke, winning another game 73-13 and overtaking the score 3-2. In the sixth game, O'Sullivan pulled back a game 72-44 through several starts, and the score was 3-3, and the two sides returned to the same running line.
Subsequently, O'Sullivan won two games in a row to win the match point 5-3 and beat the opponent 6-3. In the end, O'Sullivan won the championship all the way. Specific to the 2024 Players Championship, O'Sullivan defeated Zhou Yuelong 6-2 in the first game. 1 4 finals against Selby, this battle, O'Sullivan was not in good shape, and after the seventh game, 0-5 was taken by Selby with 5 match points.