Ronnie O'Sullivan makes winning start at Six Red World Snooker Championship, John Higgins, Stuart Bingham reach last 16

Ronnie O'Sullivan survived a Jimmy Robertson comeback to complete a 5-3 victory in his opening Group H match at the Six Red World Snooker Championship in Bangkok. The seven-time defending world champion raced 4-0 clear boosted by a 64 break in the second frame only to watch his fellow Englishman Robertson reel off three straight frames before the world No.

1 regrouped to dominate the eighth frame in securing the win. Ad O'Sullivan next meets world junior champion Stan Moody and Thai snooker icon James Wattana on Wednesday chasing one more win to cement his spot in the last 16 at the Thammasat University Convention Centre in Pathum Thani.

Snooker'What a great shot' — O'Sullivan makes great long red2 HOURS AGO Masters champion Judd Trump made it two wins from two in the shorter format, after his 5-0 whitewash of Ricky Walden on Monday, by winning the final three frames in a 5-4 victory over Kritsanut Lertsattayatthorn in Group D. Former world champions John Higgins and Stuart Bingham earlier wasted little time in confirming their respective places in the knockout stage.

2019 finalist Higgins needed to defeat local amateur Poramin Danjirakul in his final Group C match after following up a 5-2 win over Ken Doherty with a 5-1 loss to Hossein Vafaei on Monday evening. But the Scot had few problems in racing to a 5-0 whitewash win on Tuesday – including a 71 in the fourth frame, the highest of the event so far – that saw him advance to the knockout stage alongside Vafaei, who topped the group on maximum points with a 5-1 victory against the eliminated Doherty.