RONNIE O’SULLIVAN HAS advanced to the semi-finals of the World Snooker Championship, after beating Neil Robertson 13-10 at the Crucible this evening.
O’Sullivan went into today’s session 5-3 behind Robertson, however he subsequently won six straight frames, helping him to establish a 9-7 lead.
The three-time winner then secured two centuries in his final session, helping him gain a 13-10 victory.
Elsewhere today, Matthew Stevens beat Ryan Day comprehensively, while Ali Carter currently leads Jamie Jones 12-11.
Results/scores:
Jamie Jones (Wal) 11-12 Ali Carter (Eng): 15-105 (58), 26-69, 65-31, 127-0 (127), 1-88 (77), 6-65 (59), 92-1 (92), 0-76 (76), 74-65, 13-91 (56), 138-0 (138), 132-0 (132), 38-70, 41-57, 0-83 (83), 66-35, 58-70 (50 Jones), 60-18, 17-55, 17-55, 64-31, 69-10 (64), 69-48,Ronnie O’Sullivan (Eng) 13-10 Neil Robertson (Aus): 24-73 (68), 100-18 (100), 69-44, 19-96 (58), 0-104 (100), 93-1 (93), 39-72, 59-65 (59 O’Sullivan), 95-7, 97-7 (97), 108-8, 86-21, 76-19, 78-7, 4-60, 1-64 (63), 16-68 (50), 104-4 (104), 77-44 (77), 100-0 (100), 1-89 (89), 0-99 (77), 96-8 (59).
Matthew Stevens (Wal) 13-5 Ryan Day (Wal): 86-2 (86), 0-101 (100), 14-110 (110), 50-39, 8-93 (80), 28-75, 42-91 (57), 74-44, 91-38, 82-42, 70-0, 80-41, 70-23, 64-32 (59), 78-10, 87-26 (53), 74-49, 77-0.
Semi-finals
(best of 25 frames)1300: Stephen Maguire (Sco) v Jamie Jones (Wal)/Ali Carter (Eng)
1900: Ronnie O’Sullivan (Eng) v Matthew Stevens (Wal)
Good on our boy Ronnie his granny came from Dublin. Up the Dubs.