By 16, he had turned professional, by 21 he was the youngest ever World Champion - and well on his way to making his now 12.5million fortune. OSullivan had a full-sized table in his house and practised against leading amateurs of the time, including the likes of Ken Doherty. Watch the clearance 0.5pts Mark Selby to win 18-14 at 11/1 (Paddy Power, Betfair Sportsbook), 0.5pts Mark Selby to win 18-15 at 11/1 (Paddy Power, Betfair Sportsbook), Sky Bet odds | Paddy Power | Betfair Sportsbook. Elsewhere Mark Williams faces Luca Brecel in his second contest of the tournament. An update from the afternoon sessions, the latest scores are An unbelievable comeback from Robert Milkins, who from 7-2 down to Joe Perry wins 10-9 to book his spot in the next round. Ronnie has recently finished filming a warts-and-all documentary about his life too. The great Ronnie OSullivan managed it in the last four in 2020, but he needed one of his best ever late shows and a huge slice of good fortune to prevail in an epic contest. MORE : Luca Brecel admits he only has one way to beat Mark Selby in World Championship final, MORE : Mark Allen gives Luca Brecel every chance against Mark Selby in Crucible final. Is Brecel the man to do the same? It's proving to be walk in the park for Mark Allen against 2015 world champion Stuart Bingham. Follow. WebRonnie OSullivan vs Hossein Vafaei live updates. O'Sullivan pulled off a spectacular victory over Selby at the Crucible last August, winning three frames in a row from 16-14 behind to claim a 17-16 triumph and To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. Even his most begrudging critics would accept he has been an overwhelming force for good. Stay tuned on Express Sport for live updates throughout the day! A long way to go still but Shaun Murphy and Steve Davis are far from impressed by what they've seen so far. One of the biggest names in snooker has been dumped out of the World Championship already. The Scot smashed off seven world titles between 1990-1999. Hellraiser Ronnie embraced fame, making celeb pals along the way including Liam Gallagher, Rolling Stones rocker Ronnie Wood and artist Damien Hirst. His photographs capture the best moments as Luca Brecel goes head to head in the final vs Mark Selby; By Andy Hooper for the defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan Joe Perry is 8-5 up on Robert Milkins in the rescheduled match currently being played at the Crucible. Sunday's final is in sight now for the players left in the tournament! OSullivan, who had been decidedly unhappy with the amount of kicks he had suffered on Wednesday, was left shaking his head again as another cost him an easy black when he was in pole position to take the first frame. Two tight frames were exchanged in which Wilson rediscovered his free-flowing style before the interval with a break of 116, giving him the lead for the first time. Welcome back to Express Sport's live coverage of the 2023 World Snooker Championships. - Selby wins 35-minute frame. 51-74 (MS 50), 135-0 (135), 114-0 (114), 0-92 (92), 87-0 (87) 112-0 (112), 0-78 (78), 77-0 (69), 0-72 (72) 37-65 70-68, Session 1:66-31 (59), 81-45, 26-58, 99-34 (85)130-1 (51, 79), 47-80, 59-14 (58), 58-68Session 2:28-61, 0-97 (97), 33-57, 4-94 (58), 94-1 (87)1-63 (62), 82-0 (82), 9-76 (76)Session 3:0-97 (97), 79-41, 0-94 (68), 93-26 (68)0-81 (72), 0-79 (72), 70-62 (MS 50), 87-15Session 4:114-0 (114), 104-23 (57), 51-71 (56), 0-64 (63) 62-50 (MS 50), 47-71, 138-0 (138), 74-0 (71), 81-34 (64). Selby our 6/1 pre-tournament selection is arguably the greatest Crucible player of the modern era, this being his sixth world final and one that will afford him the chance of becoming champion of the world for a fifth time. Latest score: John Higgins 4-4 (25) Mark He has had off-table problems this season but at this venue, in this format, few players pose as much of a threat to OSullivans tilt at history as the ironman from Leicester. McGill might have been facing a sleepless night over the way his fortunes had fallen so dramatically, but he regathered his composure to produce his first Crucible hundred this year a superb effort of 136. When OSullivan nicknamed him the torturer it wasnt meant as a compliment but Selby should take it as one. If you are playing the best break-builder in history, the way to beat him is to stop him break-building. The four-time world champion will start the match as favourite against someone who hadn't won a Crucible match before this year's tournament. On the snooker weve seen in the last few days, perhaps he is. Ronnie OSullivan, 47, and Stephen Hendry dominated the game in their respective eras. He won seven consecutive frames in the final session of his quarter-final match against Ronnie OSullivan to snatch victory from 10-6 down. Premier League Group Stage (2Sep-19Nov2010), Championship League - Winners' Group (2-3Mar2016), World Championship (31Jul-16Aug2020), Championship League - Group 5 (10-11Feb2021). Robertson was fortunate not to have gone down 4-0 against the Welshman, but his largest break of the match helped him turn things around. "Not practising, and even after I beat Mark Williams [in the second round] I got home at 7am by car, and then we went out again until 5 or 6 in the morning, drunk as hell. 1 if Selby beats Shaun Murphy in the second semi-final at the Tour Championship on Saturday. He then met Jo Langley at Narcotics Anonymous - and had two more children with her, Lily and Ronnie Jr. Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Mark Selby Mark Selby: O'Sullivan made a 147 in the decider. The shot is played again with exactly the same outcome. But when it gets ugly and it will can his game and his mind stand up to the forensic examination Selby is sure to provide? (modern). After a good sleep, he returned to the Crucible and took control, getting under OSullivans skin with some hard match-play to claw his way into the lead. Vafaei's personal digs and spicy comments about O'Sullivan in the lead-up to the game has dominated headlines, and now he has come in for more criticism for his actions at the snooker table. Brecel produced surely the finest comeback in Crucible history to beat Si Jiahui 17-15, having at one stage trailed 14-5 before reeling off 11 frames in succession. Crucible seeing records broken. Kyren Wilson took control against Anthony McGill to establish a 13-11 lead. But while he wasn't the youngest, he made history as the oldest. Both players are expected at the table in little under 30 minutes. But he did what he does: doggedly hanging on to win the last two frames of the night. Gary Wilson has won the opening frame to close in on Mark Selby with the latter now holding just a slim 5-4 lead. And that examination wont last an hour, it will last hours and hours over the course of four sessions. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. The Belgian Bullet produced the greatest-ever Crucible Mark Allen and Jak Jones can't be separated at the moment with both players taking a frame each this morning to leave the score locked at 9-9. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Better players than Brecel have tried and failed. All rights reserved. Vafaei was slammed by Steve Davis for the 'embarrassing' shot while commentator John Virgo said it was 'disrespectful'. Ronnie O'Sullivan makes his way towards the exit door with a healthy 6-2 lead following the first session. EXCLUSIVE: 'I still love boxing but golf is my ADDICTION': Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez is this generation's Cristiano Ronaldo 'could be reunited with former Manchester United team-mate at Al-Nassr', with the Saudi Marcus Rashford 'rescued Aston Villa Women's star Alisha Lehmann from a mob of men, bringing her into his 'I was S****** myself': Steven Caulker reveals he was left 'panicking' after being subbed on as a forward OLIVER HOLT: It's time to be radical. O'Sullivan made a 71 break in the decider to come back from 58-0 down. Play resumes on Saturday afternoon and victory shall be on cards providing he can win seven of the eight frames. Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Mark Selby. To him, the circuit is like the extended family he never had as a boy. MARK SELBY and Luca Brecel will face off in the World Snooker Championship final. He doesnt always play ball but you wonder what there is left to say after 30 years of being asked the same questions. McGill still won the frame comfortably but a missed black in the next allowed Wilson to make a decisive 99 break, with only a failed yellow denying him his third century of the match. Here. Ronnie O'Sullivan recovered from the brink of defeat to beat Mark Selby 17-16 and set up a World Championship final against Kyren Wilson. 19:00. Brecel has also continued his strong start against Williams, taking a 9-7 lead in their best-of-25-frames match. Reports and reaction from the best of the action will be available on the Eurosport website and the Eurosport app. The Welshman had led 6-4 but falls to defeat in his second-round match, while Neil Robertson is on the ropes against Jak Jones, trailing 10-6. Wilson had stormed back in the morning session to win six of the eight frames and level at 8-8 but if McGill was stunned by the one-sided nature of that session he did not show it. Following the nature of the Selby defeat he started to talk about the championship as a slog which seemed like an unclimbable mountain, even though he had successfully climbed it five times. I just wanted to win the frame to get back into the match. But after I potted that, I felt like I was going to clear up. Go.Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Hossein Vafaei is live!\ud83d\udcfa @BBCSport | @discoveryplusUK | #CazooWorldChampionship pic.twitter.com/Jci8Dmmdl2. There are few better than Selby at absorbing pressure and limiting the damage when the going is tough, but should Brecel go missing, hell pounce like the predator he is. Yet this is a rivalry with several chapters still to be written. 'He's reeling him in slowly' - White and McManus react to possible Selby comeback. Latest score: Ronnie OSullivan 10-6 (best of 25) Luca Brecel. And welcome back to today's live blog. Perhaps that makes Brecel an even more dangerous animal than he has been already. Selbys strike-rate in all finals is now a thing of legend, but at the Crucible, over four sessions, he is virtually unbeatable. Leicester 2-1 Everton LIVE: Dominic Calvert-Lewin produces one of the misses of the season as he fails to level from inside the six-yard box while Jamie Vardy hits the bar just seconds later! Dont discount another classic. The four-time champion cupped his ear to the crowd and led a Mexican wave as he completed his historic 147 in the penultimate frame of the first day of his final with Luca Brecel, which he trails 9-8. For more stories like this,check our sport page. However, he could lose his status as world No. "There were distractions everywhere if you wanted to go down that route. He would become just the fourth player in the Crucible era to win five or more world after Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Steve Davis. THEY are the two greatest snooker players of all-time. World Snooker Championship continued at the Crucible on Saturday; Overnight score: Mark Selby 5-3 (25) Gary Wilson All rights reserved. This year, Ronnie OSullivan left the pre-tournament controversy to someone else. A year after retiring for the first time in 2012, Hendry's personal life appeared to be crumbling underneath him too. Last year, more than 4 million people tune into the final, which saw Ronnie OSullivan beat Judd Trump to become a record-equalling seven-time champion of the Selby can hope for a draw at best, because in dire straits Ronnie can just run away from him. Brecel is full of confidence and is entitled to feel an air of invincibility having appeared dead and buried more than once in the last two weeks. Click to reveal The Scotsman was on top of his game and was ruthless at the table as Wilson was made to rue bad luck and missed opportunities. He isnt as good because nobody is in the all-out heavy scoring department so finds other ways to win. Mark Selby made the first maximum break in a World Snooker Championship final as he reeled off the final three frames of an exhilarating opening day to trail Belgium's Luca Brecel 9-8 overnight at the Crucible. We've had plenty of drama already this year, on and off the table, including an unusual Just Stop Oil protest that left the crowd aghast and table one covered in orange powder. snooker head-to-head2002 - 2021Ronnie O'Sullivan - Mark SelbyBGM by Khaim https://dova-s.jp/#snooker #RonnieO'Sullivan #MarkSelby #head2head Mark Selby, the three-times world champion, moved into a 9-7 lead over Ronnie OSullivan at the Crucible. Ronnie O'Sullivan makes his way towards the exit door with a healthy 6-2 lead following the first session. Hossein Vafaei bedded away the final pink to put a second frame on the board for the day's play. Their often awkward personal and professional dynamic was defined by the 2014 World Championship final.. Im not sure Brecel will be worrying too much about that. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. Hendry was, by admission, a 'boring' winning machine. WebRound 1. Ronnie O'Sullivan was looking to win a record-breaking eighth world title to take himself beyond the great Stephen Hendry but crashed out in the quarter-finals. Mark Selby made history in the World Championship as he became the first player to make a maximum 147 break in the final and will share 40,000 in prize money Ronnie O'Sullivan, 47, and Stephen Hendry dominated the game in their respective eras. Remember, this is his debut at the Crucible and he becomes the first player to reach the final four at his first Worlds for 28 years. Classy Luca Brecel just TWO frames from title victory against Mark Selby, Selby makes snooker final history with first 147 - and costs rival Wilson 27.5k, Fans rage that World Snooker final is like a 'doctor's waiting room', Souness fights back tears as he announces emotional retirement on Sky Sports, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. After confessing he was having an affair with children's entertainer Lauren Thundow, he split from his wife of 19 years, Amanda in 2013. 'The atmosphere when I potted that final black was electric,' said Selby, who is the 10th player to hit a 147 at the Crucible and will now share the 55,000 bonus on offer with Wilson. Forty years after Cliff Thorburn compiled the first 147 in the tournament, four-time champion Selby polished off the 15th to add his name to But my management would say, You are not going anywhere near that.. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Selby has beaten OSullivan in all three so-called triple crown finals (World, UK and Masters) and represents a different kind of test to ultra-attacking players like Neil Robertson and Judd Trump. He enjoyed advantages but also suffered from personal turmoil which spilled out into the public arena at a young age. As they head off to the mid-session interval, Mark Selby takes the session 3-1. He smashed an aggressive and unorthodox break-off shot to break the pack up and leave a number of easy shots on for his opponent. It was far from easy, but Mark Selby is through to the quarter-finals where he will face John Higgins. Discovery company. Mark Selby, winner of four of the last eight Crucible titles, passed his first-round test against Jamie Jones on Saturday. In Australia and the US, Ronnie starred in Hustle - a show that explores the history of pool. As that chapter of his life ended, Hendry handed Amanda their 1.2million sprawling estate in Auchterarder, Perthshire, as part of their divorce settlement. You could sense his elation, not just at reaching the final but in banishing the ghosts of 2014. Session 1:21-104 (56), 72-5 (72), 4-137 (102), 25-8276-62 (MS 62, ROS 58), 17-97 (50), 0-119 (77)37-90Session 2:0-129 (78, 51), 96-40 (62), 45-83 (61)64-76 (76, 64). Mark Selby, winner of four of the last eight Crucible titles, passed his first-round test against Jamie Jones on Saturday. Hossein Vafaei lapping up the atmosphere inside the Crucible with Ronnie O'Sullivan looking stone-cold focussed. Action gets back underway in just over an hour's time. But even the great OSullivan has fallen into Selbys trap here in the past. So it's 19-1 to Selby. OSullivans fluency had deserted him and having been among the balls twice only to miss blue and then black, he saw Selby clinch a fourth successive frame to take a 6-5 lead after sinking a fine long red. Selby opened up with a 70 in frame 9 but O'Sullivan replied with a brilliant 73 clearance to win the match 6-3. And it is the second 147 of this year's tournament after Kyren Wilson notched one against Ryan Day in the first round. Head-to-head OSullivan and Selby are the best of enemies, two sides of the same snooker coin. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. He does not filter his opinions or seek acceptance. Former champions Judd Trump, Neil Robertson and Mark Williams all crashed out early though Mark Selby's quest for snooker's greatest crown is still firmly on. While Rocket has just as many wins at the Crucible, following last year's epic World Championship win. However, Day needed to beat Selby to stay in the running for an automatic Crucible spot since Ding was victorious over Mark Allen earlier in the week.
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