Seven-time champion Ronnie O’Sullivan said he “didn’t put up any resistance” after crashing out of the World Championship with a 13-10 defeat to Luca Brecel.
O’Sullivan, resuming 10-6 ahead in his quarter-final, lost seven successive frames as Brecel reached the last four in extraordinary circumstances.
Defending champion O’Sullivan failed to make a single break over 30 as his Belgian opponent set up a semi-final date with either Anthony McGill or Si Jiahui.
Woooooow.#CazooWorldChampionship | @CazooUK — World Snooker Tour (@WeAreWST) April 26, 2023 “I didn’t put up any resistance but you’ve still got to pot the balls,” O’Sullivan told the BBC. “I wasn’t playing well enough to have any impact on the game. “If it was a boxing match they would have stopped it very early on.