A good scrappy affair sees Ronnie O’Sullivan present his high quality at essential moments to beat China’s Si Jiahui 13-9 and ebook 14th World Snooker Championship semi-final place; O’Sullivan will face Zhao Xintong for place in ultimate; Mark Williams will face Judd Trump in different semi-final
Final Up to date: 30/04/25 9:30pm
Ronnie O’Sullivan is thru to a 14th World Snooker Championship semi-final
Ronnie O’Sullivan is thru to the semi-finals of the World Snooker Championship for a 14th time, holding his nerve to defeat China’s Si Jiahui 13-9 in Sheffield.
O’Sullivan will face one other Chinese language participant in Zhao Xintong – who’s competing underneath newbie standing – for a spot within the ultimate, with the latter defeating England’s Chris Wakelin 13-5 of their quarter-final.
The Rocket is searching for to maneuver previous Stephen Hendry’s complete of seven World Championship successes.
O’Sullivan held off a fightback from Si Jiahui to steer 6-2 heading into Wednesday.
He prolonged his in a single day benefit to 7-2 when he took the opening body of the morning, capitalising after Si had missed a simple pink off the spot.
Si, a semi-finalist on his Crucible debut two years in the past, then crafted a break of 101 earlier than a fluked cannon crimson into the underside nook helped set O’Sullivan on his option to a run of 75 to take the eleventh body in a single go to.
Si decreased the deficit once more heading into the mid-session interval, however O’Sullivan pinched the primary body again after his opponent missed a frame-ball crimson, getting a few snookers earlier than clearing the colors.
Si rattled off consecutive half-centuries to get again to 9-6, however O’Sullivan capitalised on one other unforced error from Si when lacking the brown to come back from behind and take the ultimate body of the session with a 64 break.
Into the ultimate session, Si closed to inside two at 10-8, however O’Sullivan produced an excellent break to edge to 11-8.
Si gained the subsequent body to place extra stress on O’Sullivan, however two frames in succession wherein Si was nicely set when it comes to scoring however missed pots which O’Sullivan ruthlessly took benefit of by way of a pair of fantastic clearances rubberstamped the outcome.
Judd Trump will face Mark Williams within the different semi-final, with the world No 1 coming from 7-5 and 8-7 all the way down to blitz Luca Brecel 13-8 by way of a sensational night session.
Trump reeled off 5 straight frames after beginning the ultimate session of a high-octane contest all-square, together with two extra centuries that took his complete variety of hundred breaks for the season to 104.
That noticed him equal then surpass Neil Robertson’s 11-year-old document as 35-year-old Trump sealed his last-four conflict towards Welsh veteran Williams in fashion.
World Snooker Championship: Quarter-finals
- John Higgins (3) 12-13 Mark Williams (6)
- Zhao Xintong 13-5 Chris Wakelin
- Luca Brecel (7) 8-13 Judd Trump (2)
- Ronnie O’Sullivan (5) 13-9 Si Jiahui (13)
Semi-finals
Thursday Could 1
Zhao Xintong vs Ronnie O’Sullivan (from 1pm)
Mark Williams vs Judd Trump (from 7pm)
Friday Could 2
Zhao Xintong vs Ronnie O’Sullivan (from 10am)
Mark Williams vs Judd Trump (from 2.30pm)
Zhao Xintong vs Ronnie O’Sullivan (from 7pm)
Saturday Could 3
Mark Williams vs Judd Trump (from 10am)
Zhao Xintong vs Ronnie O’Sullivan (from 2.30pm)
Mark Williams vs Judd Trump (from 7pm)
Closing
Sunday Could 4
13:00-18:00
19:00-22:00
Monday Could 5
13:00-16:00
19:00-22:00
