Ronnie O’Sullivan out of Six Red World Snooker Championship as Ding Junhui sets up semi-final with Tom Ford

Ronnie O’Sullivan is out of the Six Red World Championship after he was beaten 6-2 by former winner Ding Junhui in the last 16 before the Chinese icon continued his solid form by progressing to the semi-finals of the Bangkok invitational event. O’Sullivan had previously stated he was targeting the £100,000 first prize on his competitive debut in the shorter format at the Thammasat University Convention Centre in Pathum Thani, but missed some crucial shots which saw the match slip away after levelling at 2-2.

Ad World No. 24 Ding is aiming to emulate his 2016 Six Red title victory and later completed another comfortable 6-2 win over 2015 world champion Stuart Bingham – the man he defeated 8-7 in the final seven years ago – in the quarter-finals.

Six-Red World ChampionshipDing makes 'sensational' escape pot from O’Sullivan snooker2 HOURS AGO He will face Tom Ford in the semi-finals on Friday after the Leicester man resisted a spirited comeback by 2019 finalist John Higgins, who levelled at 5-5 from 5-0 behind before the German Masters finalist held to nerve to dominate the decider with a 67 break to advance. Thai speed merchant Thepchaiya Un-Nooh kept alive his bid to claim a second Six Red crown on home soil after his 8-2 dismissal of Liang Wenbo in 2015 courtesy of a 6-2 triumph against Zhang Anda in his quarter-final.