Play resumes on Saturday afternoon and victory shall be on cards providing he can win seven of the eight frames. But it's disappointment for The Rocket's Aussie rival Neil Robertson. In the other quarter-final, the tournament's underdog story in Si Jiahui is leading Anthony McGill 2-1. He then met Jo Langley at Narcotics Anonymous - and had two more children with her, Lily and Ronnie Jr. 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 still led 16-14 but, thanks to some unconventional shot selections, OSullivan turned it round to come through in a decider. 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 All rights reserved. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Selby won't be done just yet and will look to hit back when play gets back underway tomorrow afteroon at 2:30pm. A nerveless, match-winning break in the deciding frame against Ricky Walden set the ball rolling, and having watched Mark Williams reel him in the second round, Brecel responded with two more brilliant, attacking breaks to win 13-11. His long game is better right now and confidence will not hold him back. Selby is sure to double-down on his approach, reckoning that not even a talent as bright as Brecel can keep making long pots if the white is consistently glued to baulk cushion. OSullivan is possessed of natural charisma. The Soccer Teams Noppon Saengkham and Ronnie O'Sullivan played 4 OSullivan is a savage scorer but, when he digs in, is also a brilliant tactical player with an instinctive snooker brain. If you are playing the best break-builder in history, the way to beat him is to stop him break-building. But he did what he does: doggedly hanging on to win the last two frames of the night. He quickly won two more titles while OSullivan began to flounder in Sheffield. O'Sullivan wins the final frame to draw level in this intriguing clash as we head into the mid-session. But while he wasn't the youngest, he made history as the oldest. 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. Very high standard of the final with six centuries and another ten 50+ breaks. The enigmatic, often unpredictable, but richly talented Brecel up against the professor, the great tactician, the master. '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. Selby opened up with a 70 in frame 9 but O'Sullivan replied with a brilliant 73 clearance to win the match 6-3. Ronnie O'Sullivan is looking to win a record-breaking eighth world title to take himself beyond the great Stephen Hendry. Sunday's final is in sight now for the players left in the tournament! There's only one more second-round match to go now with Anthony McGill on the verge of beating Jack Lisowski. Vafaei, who used to be close friends with O'Sullivan, said the snooker legend is 'only nice when he's asleep' and told him to 'play like a man' ahead of their match. BBC Two and Eurosport will be showing the game live, with streaming available on BBC iPlayer, the BBC website and Discovery+. Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Mark Selby Ronnie O'Sullivan calls Mark Selby a bad loser ahead of (Picture: REX) Ronnie OSullivan not only has the monstrous task of beating Mark Selby in the final session of their World 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. Joe Perry is 8-5 up on Robert Milkins in the rescheduled match currently being played at the Crucible. To him, the circuit is like the extended family he never had as a boy. 19:00. A year after retiring for the first time in 2012, Hendry's personal life appeared to be crumbling underneath him too. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. He threw himself into the party lifestyle, falling foul of "dangerous" nights out with the Oasis singer, as he called them. Ronnie O'Sullivan makes his way towards the exit door with a healthy 6-2 lead following the first session. Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. But after I potted that, I felt like I was going to clear up. Wilson is now in big trouble, not sure how he gets back into this from here Not sure what Kyren Wilson has done to deserve this but he's really not getting the rub of the green here. Ronnie O'Sullivan's 18-13 win over Judd Trump at the Crucible Theatre in the World Snooker Championship final in 2022 earned him the biggest prize in the sport for a 'Talent-wise he is up there' - McManus says O'Sullivan on par with Messi and Federer, O'Sullivan sees Zhao as next superstar - 'I've got to leave someone to do some damage'. Both players are expected at the table in little under 30 minutes. Refuse very little, back his natural game and keep potting and scoring. 107.155.95.34 Referee: Paul CollierFirst time both Crucible semifinals go to a deciding frame. 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.

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mark selby vs ronnie o'sullivan head to head record

mark selby vs ronnie o'sullivan head to head record

mark selby vs ronnie o'sullivan head to head record