Ronnie O’Sullivan has been knocked out of the World Snooker Championship at the quarter-final stage by Ding Junhui, losing 13-10 to last year’s finalist despite making a vintage 146 break in the closing stages. The five-times world champion eased into the quarter-finals at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre with a resounding victory over Shaun Murphy, but Ding – who became the first Asian to reach the World Championship final last year before losing out to Mark Selby – built up a 10-6 lead heading into today’s session. O’Sullivan had not lost to Ding in a ranking event since 2006 and took three of the first four frames with a break, first of 97, and then, 146, which was the best of the tournament so far, although it…

Source: The Times April 26, 2017 16:07 UTC