'Back to business' - Jimmy White delighted to see Ronnie O'Sullivan take focus off his tip and onto his snooker

Ronnie O’Sullivan has got his focus back and is ready for the final stretch at the World Championship, Jimmy White has said. O’Sullivan beat David Gilbert in the first round and crushed Mark Allen in the following match. Ad/> He threatened something similar when romping into a 6-2 lead over Stephen Maguire, only to struggle in the second session as he wrestled with tip issues.

O’Sullivan somehow extended the lead to 11-5, and wrapped up the two frames he needed on Wednesday morning to book his place in the semi-finals. World Championship'We are the three Mexicanos!' — O'Sullivan likens himself, Higgins and Williams to prize fighters5 HOURS AGO White had questioned O’Sullivan for devoting too much attention to his tip, and was thrilled with how he got the job done. “He went 3-0 down to Dave Gilbert but looked really focused,” White said in the Eurosport studio.

“He then played Mark Allen and took him apart. “It has to be said against Stephen Maguire he went 6-2 up, in control of the match, and the next time he came out and looked all over the place and did not play in the second session. “Ronnie ended up being 11-5 up, but it looked like he re-focused today.

He came out, there was no looking at the tip, it looks like he has that sorted out now and is back to business. “He looked very sharp today, took these two frames out in style like he had been doing in the first two matches.” Williams dazzles Crucible crowd with amazing shot We are the three Mexicanos! — O'Sullivan Alan McManus feels O’Sullivan has built his season around the World Championship, and believes he badly wants a seventh world title. “He is good with it,” McManus said when asked about O’Sullivan’s ability to handle pressure.