Ronnie O’Sullivan out of Six Red World Championship after loss to Ding Junhui, Judd Trump beats Mark Williams

Ronnie O’Sullivan is out of the Six Red World Championship after he was beaten 6-2 by Ding Junhui in the last 16. O’Sullivan had previously stated to be targeting the event in Thailand, but missed some crucial shots which saw the match slip away. Ad Ding, who whitewashed O’Sullivan in the quarter-finals of the UK Championship earlier this season, will face Stuart Bingham in the last eight on Thursday at 11:30 GMT.

Six-Red World ChampionshipWho does O'Sullivan face in last 16 of Six Red World Championship?17 HOURS AGO Ding took the opening frame with a 70 break after capitalising on a poor escape shot from O’Sullivan. The Rocket won a lengthy second frame that lasted 20 minutes, a long time in the six-red format, but Ding soon restored his lead with a couple of scoring visits. O’Sullivan was fighting out there and a 33 in frame four made it all square again, before two big moments saw the match go Ding’s way.

O’Sullivan reveals where he wants to end career Opinion: Time running out for ‘Big Four’ to make sluggish season a special one At 31-8 up in the fifth frame, O’Sullivan just needed the black off its spot to leave Ding requiring snookers, but he missed it. Ding cleared all of the balls up to the final black, went for an ambitious double, which went wide to leave a black ball battle. A long safety exchange went the way of the Chinese player after he doubled the black once again and sank it into the bottom right pocket to go 3-2 up.

It was a similar story in the next frame as O’Sullivan missed frame ball again, this time a red near the left cushion. Ding stepped in and cleared the table to go two clear and won two more close frames to seal the win. Trump defeats Williams in repeat of Masters final Elsewhere in the last