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A frustrating week at the Welsh Open ended with a whitewash defeat to Tian Pengfei, and Ronnie O’Sullivan bit the tip off his cue before departing the scene. O’Sullivan had to battle against adversity in Llandudno, as his tip came off mid-match on three occasions. Ad It came off for a fourth and final time on Friday, but it was nothing to do with him striking the cue ball.
Ronnie O’Sullivan says he is “enjoying the challenge” of playing with a new tip after he was forced to take action following some unwanted drama in the earlier rounds of the Welsh Open. The 47-year-old looked much more comfortable on Thursday night as he claimed a 4-0 whitewash win over Ben Mertens to reach the quarter-finals after some tip problems had previously threatened to derail his tournament. Ad Although he wasn’t at his best, O’Sullivan did make two 55 breaks and a break of 68 as he proved too strong for his young opponent.
After his tip flew off twice in his dramatic win on Tuesday, Ronnie O’Sullivan’s tip came off again during his last-32 match against Rod Lawler at the Welsh Open. All was looking good for O’Sullivan until the third frame when he was on a break to go 3-0 up. Ad As he potted the black to move onto a break of 35, O’Sullivan’s tip came off for a third time this week in Llandudno.
Mark Selby avoided an upset as he overcame Si Jiahui on a decider to advance to the third round of the Welsh Open following a late-night showdown in Llandudno. On a day of shocks with the departures of Neil Robertson and Mark Williams, four-time world champion Selby was made to dig deep to emerge a 4-3 victor against the 87th-ranked Si in a match that didn’t finish until after 1am GMT.
Mark Williams believes he needs to make some lifestyle changes as he crashed out of the Welsh Open to compatriot Jak Jones in the second round following a late finish in Llandudno. The three-time world champion was stunned 4-3 after a disjointed performance, and his elimination at such an early stage means he is likely to miss out on next week’s Players Championship. Ad Reflecting on another disappointing defeat, Williams told Eurosport: “I struggled a bit.
Ronnie O’Sullivan briefly lost control during an extraordinary moment at the 2023 Welsh Open, conceding a frame after wildly falling foul of the three-miss rule. Leading 3-2 in his best-of-seven encounter with Ross Muir in Llandudno, O’Sullivan had already missed twice when referee Luise Kraatz informed him that he would lose the sixth frame if he did not hit a red with his next shot. Ad O’Sullivan immediately asked “why?”, prompting Kraatz to walk around the table and point to a red perched below the pink, which was partially obscured by another red.
Eurosport expert Neal Foulds is already tipping Neil Robertson to win this year’s World Snooker Championship. Robertson has been one of the sport’s top players for over a decade but has only won one title at the Crucible which came in 2010, having reached the one-table setup just once since then. Ad In recent years, Robertson has gone into the World Championship as one of the favourites due to his strong form in the build-up.
Mark Allen kept his hopes of defending the Northern Ireland Open title alive, but only just as he fell over the line in beating Andy Lee 4-3. Allen arrived in the last 32 as arguably the form player following impressive wins over Chang Bingyu and Chen Zifan, but he was way below that level against Lee.