Ronnie O'Sullivan brushes off 'superstar' tag despite record win at the Crucible

O'Sullivan - who is aiming to emulate Hendry's record of seven world titles - said the Scot was the Tiger Woods of snooker during his decade of dominance in the 1990s.

"He was the Tiger Woods of snooker. Me, John (Higgins) and Mark (Williams) have all done well, but when he was flying he was a superstar.

O'Sullivan had carved a commanding lead despite never quite hitting top form against Scottish qualifier Maguire on Tuesday, but showed glimpses of his best upon the resumption.

Ronnie O'Sullivan has reached a record-breaking 13th Crucible semi final - overcoming Stephen Maguire 13-5!

He beats the previous record set by Stephen Hendry.

His opponent? John Higgins or Jack Lisowski #ilovesnooker @Betfred pic.twitter.com/lp8lRN96GQ

"I am looking forward to it. When it comes to the one-table set-up you can relax a bit more, and I'm excited still to be in the tournament and to get there."

Resuming 5-3 behind, Bingham reeled off the first five frames of the day to lead 8-5 and leave a distinctly out-of-sorts Trump facing the prospect of a significant deficit.

With the momentum swinging back in Trump's favour, Bingham, who had himself struggled to sustain any kind of consistency, was punished for missing a red in the final frame of the session, enabling Trump to pull level.

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