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SHEFFIELD: The six-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan defeated the four-time champion, John Higgins, in the semi-final of the ongoing World Snooker Championship, here on Saturday.

In an epic semi-final between the two players from the Class of 92′, the English cueist Ronnie emerged victorious as he sealed a comprehensive 17-11 victory over Higgins in the Best of 33.

The eventful second semi-final rolled into action with Higgins taking off flamboyantly with a three frames advantage. Ronnie, on the other hand, was quick to respond as he soon levelled the scores at 3-3 after the first six frames including a century in the sixth.

Higgins took the lead in the seventh frame, but Ronnie came back to tie the game and then went on to lead 5-4 after sinking back-to-back centuries.

The see-saw battle between the two veterans continued as they were both tied up 6-6 after 12 frames. The English potter then pulled ahead 10-6 by claiming four consecutive frames and pushed Higgins on the backfoot.

For the next six games, the two cueists engaged in another tug of war, each winning three frames to bring the score to 13-9. Ronnie converted his century in the 19th frame into a hat-trick as he captured a couple of more frames to go within two frames of clinching the match.

With Ronnie just two frames shy of winning, Higgins attempted to retaliate as he claimed the 25th frame but only for the Rocket to claim the next one and go within one frame. The next two frames followed the same procedure and Ronnie beat Higgins 17-11 to advance to his eighth Crucible final.

The 46-years-old is now just one win away from levelling the record of Stephen Hendy for winning the most World Championship – seven.

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SHEFFIELD: The 2019 champion and the current second-ranked cueist Judd Trump outclassed his countryman Stuart Bingham 13-8 in the quarter-finals of the ongoing World Snooker Championship to make it to the last four of the championship.

The exciting see-saw battle between the two countrymen started on a high as Bingham and Trump scored centuries in the first and the second frames of the match respectively.

Trump, on the other hand, secured a close but an early advantage, as he led Bingham by 4-2 after the first six frames.

Bingham then shone in the seventh frame with another century and cut the margin to 4-3 only for Trump to respond quickly to restore the lead with two frames advantage after eight frames 5-3.

In the next session, Bingham levelled and then took the lead as he won five consecutive frames to go 8-5 over Trump.

Bingham’s triumph in five consecutive frames did not halt Trump much as he turned the game on its head by winning eight back to back frames in response to claim a comprehensive victory 13-8.

The 2019 champion Trump will be up against the three-time champion Mark Williams in one of the semi-finals of the tournament. Williams booked his semi-final spot after beating Yan Bingtao 13-11. Whereas, two former champions Ronnie O’Sullivan and John Higgins will lock horns for the final spot.

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Bingham scored three centuries, while Trump scored one. The former also scored the best break of match 106, which came in the seventh frame.

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SHEFFIELD:  The Scottish Snooker player John Higgins secured a hard-fought victory as the fifth-ranked cueist edged past the 10th-ranked Jack Lisowski to book his semi-final clash with his English counterpart Ronnie O’Sullivan in the ongoing World Snooker Championship.

The four-time world champion Higgins experienced another tough competition in the championship as he had to fight hard to claim the quarter-final victory by defeating Lisowski 13-12 in the Best of 25.

With the scores levelled at 12-12, Higgins held his nerves calm and brought his experience into play as the veteran secured the deciding frame by the scores of 72-18.

The two cueists remained involved in a see-saw battle with Lisowski pulling ahead and Higgins levels and vice-versa.

In the last two frames, Lisowski was just one shy away from the victory but Higgins scored a brilliant century in the 24th frame before following up with an important 72 to book his spot in the semi-finals.

Higgins scored three centuries, including ten fifty-plus breaks and the best of them (123) came in the ninth frame.

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SHEFFIELD: Former world champion and the current fourth-ranked cueist Ronnie O’Sullivan has outclassed his Scottish counterpart Stephen Maguire 13-5 to book his spot in the semi-finals of the ongoing World Snooker Championship.

The six-times champion Ronnie, who faced Scotland’s Maguire in the quarterfinals, defeated the latter by 13-5 in the Best of 25.

Maguire ranked 24th, started the proceedings with a first frame victory but could not continue as Ronnie responded quickly and won the next six frames to attain an early and decent lead of 6-1.

The Scottish cueist, on the other, did not hold back and bounced back by winning three consecutive frames to cut the margin to 6-4 but only for Ronnie to restore and even extend his lead to 11-4 by winning five frames in a row.

In the 16th frame of the match, Maguire showed last signs of resistance, claiming his fifth and last frame victory of the match as Ronnie then soon won the next two frames to secure a comfortable victory over Maguire 13-4.

With his victory over Maguire, Ronnie has set the world record for most semi-final appearances in World Snooker Championship (13). He also has the chance of levelling Stephen Hendry’s record of seven world titles if he can lift the trophy on Monday.

✅ Record quarter-finalist (20)
✅ Record semi-finalist (13)

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The English cueist will now face either John Higgins or Jack Lisowski in the semi-final of the championship.

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SHEFFIELD: The English cueist Jack Lisowski pulled off an exceptional comeback to stun the better-ranked and the tournament’s favourite Neil Robertson 13-12 to proceed into the quarter-finals of the ongoing World Snooker Championship, here on Tuesday.

In the second-round fixture, Lisowski, ranked 10th blunted second-ranked Robertson by the scores of 13-12 as the former secured the final frame after Robertson’s maximum break in the Best of 25 and booked a quarter-final berth in the ongoing tournament.

The two cueists remained involved in a see-saw battle, right from the start with Robertson pulling ahead and Lisowski levels and vice-versa. Both the players won four of the first eight frames.

Lisowski then managed to pull ahead as he managed to win three out of the next four frames and earned a decent lead of 7-5.

Robertson, however, responded quickly as he managed to clinch the next frame by scoring a century and cutting the margin to 7-6 only for Lisowski to repeat the same feat and restore his lead to two frames’ advantage.

The two potters then again ran into a see-saw battle in the next four frames, with both winning two each.

With Lisowski moving just three away from the victory, Robertson managed to make an exceptional comeback as he won three consecutive frames including a maximum break in the 19th and took the lead 11-10.

Lisowski, on the other hand, held his nerve calm and denied Robertson’s astonishing comeback and one-frame lead by claiming the 22nd frame. The Australian cueist responded quickly and restored his lead 12-11 with a victory in the next frame.

With the tournament’s favourite Robertson, just one shy of the victory, Lisowski showed determination and played sensibly to win the last two frames to claim the victory by 13-12.

Robertson scored four centuries, while Lisowski three. The former scored the best break of match 147, which came in the 19th frame.

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SHEFFIELD: English Snooker player Ronnie O’Sullivan secured a crushing second-round victory as the fourth-ranked cueist thumped the 13th-ranked Mark Allen to book his spot in the quarter-finals of the ongoing World Snooker Championship.

In the second-round fixture, Ronnie thrashed Allen by the scores of 13-4 in the Best of 25 to book a quarterfinal berth in the ongoing tournament.

The first two frames of the match, promised a thriller as Ronnie pulled ahead by winning the first frame and Allen responded with a century in the second to cut the former’s early lead.

Ronnie then showed his class and secured five consecutive frames to attain an early and massive lead over Allen 6-1.

Allen then again looked to bounce back as the Irish cueist claimed the next two frames to cut the margin to 6-3 only for Ronnie to restore and even extend his lead to 10-3 by winning the next four frames.

Allen’s last ray of hope glimmered in the 14th frame as he scored a brilliant century to secure his fourth frame of the game, while Ronnie winning back to back three frames denied any chance of the former’s comeback and the English veteran secured a comprehensive 13-4 victory.

Both the cueists scored two centuries each in the second-round match. Ronnie scored the best break of match 131, which came in the third frame.

In another second-round fixture, Stephen Maguire defeated Zhao Xingtong by 13-9 to make it to the last eight of the tournament.

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SHEFFIELD: The 15th-ranked cueist China’s Yan Bingtao knocked out the defending champion of the World Snooker Championship Mark Selby after a match featuring the longest frame in Crucible history.

In the second-round fixture, Bingtao ranked 15th, blunted the top-ranked Selby by the scores of 13-10 in the Best of 25 to book a quarter-final berth in the ongoing tournament.

The two cueists remained involved in a see-saw battle, right from the start with Selby pulling ahead and Bingtao levels and vice versa. Both the cueists won four of the first eight frames.

Bingtao then took a decent lead 7-4 as he won the next three frames, including a century in the ninth.

Selby, however, responded quickly as he managed to claim three out of the next four frames to cut the margin to 8-7 only for Bingtao to secure victories in the next three frames to extend his lead to 11-7.

With his opponent just two shy away from the victory, Selby looked to retaliate as he copied Bingato; winning three consecutive frames and moving just one short of the Chinese cueist 11-10.

The two cueists then involved a nerve-wracking 22nd frame – the longest in the history of Crucible, lasting 85 minutes and 22 seconds, beating the previous longest by five minutes and 51 seconds.

Bingtao managed to hold his nerve calm to claim the marathon frame by 63-49 before bettering it by scoring a century in the 23rd frame to thump the defending champion Selby 13-10 in the second round.

Bingtao scored three, while Selby scored four centuries in an exciting see-saw battle. Selby scored the best break of match 132, which came in the 12th frame.

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SHEFFIELD: The Scottish cueist Stephen Maguire pulled off an exceptional victory as he stunned better-ranked Chinese snooker player Zhao Xintong 13-9 to proceed into the last eight of the ongoing World Snooker Championship, here on Saturday.

In the second-round fixture, Maguire, ranked 31st blunted sixth-ranked Xintong by the scores of 13-9 in the Best of 25 to become the second player to book a quarter-final berth in the ongoing tournament.

The two cueists remained involved in a see-saw battle, right from the start with Maguire pulling ahead and Xintong levels. Both the players won three of the first six frames.

Maguire then took a decent lead 6-3 as he won the next three frames, including a century in the seventh.

Xintong then won a hard-fought 10th frame by the scores of 63-61 and reduced the margin to 6-4 only for Maguire to restore and then enhance his lead to a four-frame advantage of 8-4 after sealing the next two frames.

The next four frames again followed the same pattern as Xintong managed to cut the margin by a frame but Maguire claimed the next three to move 11-5.

In the morning session, Xintong managed to make an exceptional comeback as he won four out of the next five frames to reduce the gap to 12-9.

Whereas Maguire held his nerve calm and denied Xintong’s outstanding comeback by winning his 13th frame and securing an amazing victory.

Both the cueists scored two centuries each in an exciting see-saw battle. Xintong scored the best break of match 136, which came in the fifth frame.

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SHEFFIELD: Welsh Snooker player Mark Williams secured a crushing second-round victory as the eighth-ranked cueist thumped the 72nd-ranked Jackson Page to book his spot in the quarter-finals of the ongoing World Snooker Championship.

In the second-round fixture, Williams thrashed Page with a session to spare by the scores of 13-3 in the Best of 25 to become the first one to book a quarterfinal berth in the ongoing tournament.

Williams was off to a flying start as the Welsh cueist secured seven consecutive opening frames to secure an early and massive lead over Page.

The eighth-ranked Williams scored five centuries in the opening seven frames of the match; displaying complete domination over his young opponent.

Page then managed to get to the scoreboard after securing a hard-fought victory in the eighth frame by 73-60.

Williams, fuelled with momentum, won three more frames to extend his lead to 10-1. The 47-years-old Welsh player scored two more centuries in this period.

Page, on the other hand, again tended to fight back as he showed his capabilities by winning a neat 12th frame to cut the margin to 10-2 only for Williams to score two more centuries and move just one short of the victory.

With Williams just one shy from securing the victory, Page showed the sign of retaliation as he claimed his third frame of the match but missed his only century of the match; scoring 99.

Page, however, could not keep his momentum with himself and Williams claimed his 13th frame to secure a second-round triumph to book his place in the quarter-finals.

Williams scored nine centuries in his second match of the World Championship, with the best break of 127, which came in the 14th frame.

SHEFFIELD: Former World Champion and the world number three Judd Trump has outclassed his Iranian counterpart Hossein Vafaei 10-4 to move into the last 16 of the ongoing World Snooker Championship, here on Thursday.

The world number three Trump, who faced Iran’s Vaffaei in his first match of the campaign, defeated the latter by 10-4 in the Best of 19.

Trump dominated Vaffaei right from the start as he secured three opening frames including a century in the third frame.

Vaffaei, on the other hand, was quick to respond as he levelled the scores at 3-3 by winning the next three frames. His the then best break came in the sixth frame as he missed on his century by a mere one; scoring 99.

Trump then again showed his class and pulled ahead by a massive margin as the English cueist claimed five consecutive frames to extend the lead to 8-3.

Vaffaei then looked to bounce back as he cut the margin to 8-4 by winning the 12th frame following a sensational century. But only for Trump to win the next two frames to claim the first-round victory in the World Championship.

The third-ranked Trump will now face the 17th-ranked Anthony McGill in the second round.

COMPLETE RESULTS OF ROUND 1

Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-5 David Gilbert
Mark Selby 10-7 Jamie Jones
Jackson Page 10-7 Barry Hawkins
Zhao Xintong 10-2 Jamie Clarke
Stephen Maguire 10-8 Shaun Murphy
Mark Williams 10-3 Michael White
Anthony McGill 10-7 Liam Highfield
Mark Allen 10-6 Scott Donaldson
Neil Robertson 10-5 Ashley Hugill
Stuart Bingham 10-5 Lyu Haotian
Yan Bingtao 10-6 Chris Wakelin
Judd Trump 10-4 Hossein Vaffaei
John Higgins 10-7 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Jack Lisowski 10-8 Matthew Stevens
Kyren Wilson 10-8 Din Junhui
Noppon Saengkham 10-5 Luca Brecel

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