Ronnie O’Sullivan is closing in on a spot within the quarter-finals of the World Snooker Championship after taking a 10-6 lead over Ryan Day.
O’Sullivan obtained off to a speedy begin with a superb century break on Sunday morning, earlier than rattling off 5 of the primary six frames to make sure management of the match ever since.
Day has proven loads of resolve although, having crushed Barry Hawkins within the first spherical, with breaks of 72 and 75 to say the final two frames.
The winner will face both world quantity 17 Jack Lisowski or 2015 Crucible champion Stuart Bingham within the final eight.
Comply with all of the motion from O’Sullivan and Day’s last session beneath:
Who awaits the winner?
Ronnie O’Sullivan is the robust favorite to advance into the final eight although Ryan Day nonetheless has an opportunity of defeating him ought to the Welshman begin strongly this afternoon.
Whoever wins this match will go on to satisfy both world quantity 17 Jack Lisowski or 2015 Crucible champion Stuart Bingham within the quarter-finals.
Mike Jones29 April 2024 12:50
What happenend yesterday?
Seven-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan wants simply three extra frames to beat Wales’ Ryan Day and transfer into the quarter-finals of the World Snooker Championship for a twenty second time.
On Sunday, O’Sullivan notched up 10 frames in opposition to the world quantity 18 who solely managed to win six in reply. This second spherical match concludes this afternoon.
After a reliable morning’s session noticed O’Sullivan take a small 5-3 lead, he then received 5 of the primary six frames within the night session to take management of the match.
However Day, a first-round winner over fifteenth seed Barry Hawkins, ended strongly with breaks of 72 and 75 to say the final two frames and hold himself in with an opportunity of pulling off an upset.
Mike Jones29 April 2024 12:44
O’Sullivan on his future in snooker
“Each participant has the precise to do what they need to do,” stated Ronnie O’Sullivan when talking about the place he sees his future in snooker.
“Every sportsman is a enterprise, whether or not you prefer it or not and it’s similar to some other job – should you get a greater supply, you’re going to go.
“What’s a greater supply? For some individuals it is likely to be a diminished schedule, it is likely to be extra money. Everybody has a unique concept of what’s proper for them and everybody has the precise to make that call for themselves.
“I’ll go wherever I’m sorted and wherever I really feel like I’m valued. For me, I simply need to play snooker, I need to have enjoyable, I need to be sorted and pampered. Anybody who needs to pamper me and take care of me, I’m your man.”
Mike Jones29 April 2024 12:37
Ronnie O’Sullivan: I’d stroll away from snooker if I felt under-valued
Ronnie O’Sullivan declared himself open to provides amid rumours of a rival snooker tour and warned he would stroll away from the game if he believed his expertise was being under-valued.
Main gamers, together with O’Sullivan, are understood to have been approached by Far East backers in regards to the prospect of creating a breakaway circuit from as early as subsequent season.
And O’Sullivan, who polished off a 10-1 win over Jackson Web page within the first spherical of the Snooker World Championship in Sheffield, insisted gamers had been inside their rights to think about any profitable alternatives that got here their method.
Mike Jones29 April 2024 12:30
Judd Trump on rejecting transfer to rival snooker tour
“A couple of individuals have tried to contact me and I simply couldn’t be bothered,” stated Trump. “In the event that they attempt to contact me or my brother I simply inform them to go away. I’m very comfortable the place I’m, with the tournaments I play in.
“I want one thing with historical past and heritage. I want one thing to play for. I don’t suppose I might actually get off the bed for an exhibition sequence.”
Trump, who stated contact had been initiated in latest months by way of his brother Jack, believes that with out the game’s largest names the threatened breakaway is already redundant, including: “I don’t suppose there’s sufficient gamers or sufficient names that would do injury.
“I believe Ronnie is the one one if he left – to be sincere, I don’t suppose individuals are that bothered by anybody else. I really feel like with what I’ve established within the sport alongside Ronnie, if I’m staying right here then the tour shall be a robust place.
“For me it’s in regards to the titles. On the finish of the day everybody needs extra money however this isn’t the precise time for me. I’d be so much happier profitable my cash somewhat than getting gifted it.
“I like taking part in within the form of match with one thing on the road. I don’t need to lose and really feel nothing. I hate dropping. I couldn’t think about strolling off and getting paid the identical, win or lose. It’s not the identical for me.
“I’d love for World Snooker to huge up the prize cash and play for extra sooner or later, however I need to do it with one thing on the road. Hopefully they will broaden and take us to totally different territories. I’m simply attempting to win each match and get again to primary.”
Mike Jones29 April 2024 12:23
Judd Trump wouldn’t ‘get off the bed’ for rival tour after rejecting supply
Judd Trump has revealed he rejected provides to hitch a rival snooker tour after cruising into the quarter-finals of the World Championship with a 13-7 win over Tom Ford on the Crucible.
Trump says he has no real interest in the potential LIV-style breakaway, which is known to emanate from the Far East and requires a dedication to play in eight common occasions plus a grand last in alternate for a six-figure sign-on price.
Mike Jones29 April 2024 12:16
World Snooker Championship schedule, outcomes and order of play from the Crucible
The 2024 World Snooker Championship has arrived with 17 days of top-class sporting motion lined up on the iconic Crucible Theatre in Sheffield earlier than the newest champion is topped on Monday 6 Could.
The 48-year-old has had a sensational season, already profitable the UK Championship and Masters, that means victory in Sheffield wouldn’t solely give him eight titles from every of snooker’s largest three occasions but additionally see him turn out to be simply the fourth man – after Hendry, Steve Davis and Mark Williams – to win the three triple crown occasions in a single season. He’s presently the favorite on snooker betting websites to do exactly that.
Mike Jones29 April 2024 12:10
Barry Hearn points warning over World Championship’s future at Crucible
Barry Hearn has warned Sheffield Metropolis Council its days of staging the World Snooker Championship are numbered until the Crucible is ripped down and changed with an even bigger capability venue.
Hearn, the previous World Snooker chairman and president of Matchroom, says there is no such thing as a room for sentiment when the venue’s present deal expires in 2027 – its fiftieth anniversary of staging the Championships – including: “It’s all in regards to the cash.”
Hypothesis over the way forward for the venue was sparked within the build-up to this 12 months’s match by seven-time winner Ronnie O’Sullivan, who prompt it must be moved to both Saudi Arabia or China in an effort to maximise revenue potential.
Mike Jones29 April 2024 12:04
Mark Allen on balancing life with snooker
The Northern Irishman is trying to find a primary world title and says that having fun with himself away from snooker doesn’t imply he isn’t devoted to acting at his finest within the sport.
“Simply since you’re going out partying doesn’t imply you’re not devoted and making use of your self to the game,” Allen advised the PA information company.
“I believe prior to now I in all probability didn’t get the stability fairly proper, and it’s about doing issues on the proper instances, since you’ve obtained to have a life away from snooker.
“I nonetheless take pleasure in an evening out with my mates. I in all probability don’t do it as typically as I did, however once I do, I make up for it. I take pleasure in having just a few pictures and occurring the vodka, however I by no means do it too near a match now, and that’s the distinction.”
Mike Jones29 April 2024 11:58
Celebration animal Mark Allen comfortable he has the precise stability at World Championship
Mark Allen is adamant partying nonetheless has its place as he prepares to proceed his quest for a maiden world snooker title on the Crucible on Saturday.
The Antrim 38-year-old launched a dramatic well being drive that noticed him shed over six stone within the final two years, and has been rewarded by a handful of rating titles and a surge to 3rd within the present world rankings.
However forward of his second-round conflict with John Higgins, evening owl Allen careworn the necessity to proceed placing a stability as he goals to plot a path to the ultimate for the primary time.
Mike Jones29 April 2024 11:52