Alexander Ursenbacher: Last News

Mark Williams is one of the great left-handed players in sport, and Ronnie O’Sullivan has compared him to another brilliant leftie in golfing superstar Phil Mickelson. Williams is still going strong at the age of 47, having won his third world title in 2018 and continuing to produce results. Ad He won the British Open last season, reached the final of the Shoot Out and progressed to the last-four at the Masters and the World Championship.

Thanks for joining us Ad We will be back at 7pm with Mark Allen continuing his title defence against Chen Zifan before Mark Williams meets Alexander Ursenbacher. Northern Ireland Open'He lacks that killer instinct' — O'Sullivan claims Robertson needs 'nastiness'3 HOURS AGO Selby 3-2 Craigie (62-15) This has been excellent from Selby. A break of 58 from the former world champion the key to victory.

Ronnie O'Sullivan will touch down at the invitational Hong Kong Masters this week as the world No. 1 despite suffering a shock exit in the opening round of last week's British Open. The world champion retained top spot in the rankings after Judd Trump lost 4-3 to Mark Allen in the last 16.

Welcome Judd Trump will be the top drawer at the British Open this afternoon with the Bristolian in action against Xu Si on Thursday. Ad Join us shortly for our live text updates from the event with Zhao Xintong v Noppon Saengkham another key match to follow. British OpenSelby edges past Cao to seal place in last 16, faces Lisowski next15 HOURS AGO Today's schedule 13:00 Ding Junhui [49] v Robbie Williams [60] Craig Steadman [59] v Matthew Stevens [55] Jimmy Robertson [63] v Ryan Day [27] Zhao Xintong [64] v Noppon Saengkham [36] 14:00 Zhao Jianbo [50] v Yuan SiJun [67] Yan Bingtao [53] v Jordan Brown [21] Gary Wilson [55] v Mark Allen [13] Xu Si [56] v Judd Trump [2] O'Sullivan conqueror reveals sad reason for weight loss Alexander Ursenbacher admitted earlier this week that the death of his pet cat prompted him to unintentionally shed weight ahead of his shock 4-1 win over Ronnie O'Sullivan in the British Open first round.

Alexander Ursenbacher has admitted the death of his pet cat prompted him to unintentionally shed weight ahead of his shock 4-1 win over Ronnie O'Sullivan in the British Open first round. The Swiss world No. 63 enjoyed a third victory against the seven-time world champion in four career meetings on Monday evening with O'Sullivan remarkably off the boil and contributing a highest break of only 45 in the five frames.

Stephen Hendry described Ronnie O’Sullivan’s 4-1 defeat to Alexander Ursenbacher as «probably the worst I’ve seen Ronnie play for a good few years». Hendry and O’Sullivan shared an occasionally heated rivalry when the pair were both at their best, but as Hendry has retired and made an attempted comeback with limited success, their relationship has thawed over the years. Ad Hendry did not hold back while analysing O’Sullivan’s performance against Ursenbacher, who now boasts a 3-1 head-to-head record over the world No.

Ronnie O'Sullivan crashed out at the first hurdle at the Cazoo British Open in Milton Keynes.

Alexander Ursenbacher beat world No. 1 Ronnie O’Sullivan 4-1 in a huge upset victory at the British Open, while Judd Trump beat Si Jiahui 4-1 on Monday night.