Ronnie O’Sullivan reaches another Crucible semi-final after seeing off Si Jiahui

Ronnie O’Sullivan repelled a stirring fightback from Si Jiahui to set up a mouthwatering semi-final against Zhao Xintong at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.

The seven-time champion twice saw his 22-year-old opponent pull back to within two frames, but held his nerve and a break to black of 76 confirmed his 14th appearance in the Crucible’s last four.

Si, a shock semi-finalist on his debut two years ago, showed few signs of repeating that form in the early stages and O’Sullivan was barely forced to break sweat as he took the first frame of the second session to ease into a 7-2 lead.

WHAT A FINISH!

After struggling earlier in the session, Ronnie O’Sullivan finds some scintillating snooker to finish off Si Jiahui 13-9.

A mouthwatering semi-final with Zhao Xintong awaits