Riyadh Season Snooker Championship: Ronnie O’Sullivan cruises past Ding Junhui
Ronnie O’Sullivan defeated Ding Junhui 4-0 in Saudi Arabia to reach the semi-finals of the Riyadh Season Snooker Championship.
Seven-time world champion O’Sullivan scored 129 and 113 consecutive points to win with a 2-0 lead.
China’s Ding Junhui failed to score a point in the final two games, while O’Sullivan finished the match with an impressive 84% pot success rate.
The 49-year-old Briton will face Mark Allen in Friday’s semifinals.
early Thursday, Mark Williams Beyond the world’s first Judd Trump Won 4-3 and advanced to the semi-finals.
The game was once tied at 2-2, and the Englishman Trump scored 107 points to win the fifth game, narrowing the victory to one point.
Welsh player Williams equalized the score and forced the tie into a decisive game. After trailing 8-34 in the last game, he scored 68 points in a single stroke to seal the victory.
Williams, a three-time world champion who will turn 50 next year, will meet in the semi-finals Luca Bressel.
“Judd looked really good tonight, he didn’t look like he was missing,” Williams said.
“He beat me in a lot of decisive games and it was nice to win one.”
Belgian player Bressel defeated the world champion 4-3 to advance to the semi-finals Karen Wilson.
Bressel led 42-1 in the final game against England’s Wilson, but then missed a routine red card and gave his opponent a chance.
But Wilson only managed one red goal before Bressel returned to the table to secure progress.
“Overall, it was a good game, we all hit some good stuff. It was really tight at the end,” Bressel said.
“I thought he would clarify. When I got back to the table, I just tried to stay calm. That’s exactly what I need to win against a top player like Karen.”
Northern Ireland player Allen won 4-2 and advanced to the semi-finals Mark Selby.
British player Selby scored 68 points to lead 2-1, but Allen won the next three games, including 76 and 75 points, and easily won.
