Ronnie O'Sullivan reveals where he wants to end career after reaching last 16 at Six Red World Snooker Championship

Ronnie O'Sullivan booked his spot in the last 16 of the Six Red World Championship with a 5-2 victory over Stan Moody in Thailand after admitting he wants to end his golden career in Asia. The seven-time world champion joined old rival James Wattana in the knockout stage of the elite invitational event with a dominant win against the world junior champion Moody on Wednesday.

Ad With Thai icon Wattana edging out Jimmy Robertson 5-4 in the other Group H match, it meant the leading duo could not be caught by Robertson or Moody before they met to settle the winner of the section. Six-Red World Championship'Surely not… look at those scenes!' – O’Sullivan beats Wattana with bizarre fluke3 HOURS AGO It was O'Sullivan who emerged victorious to secure maximum points from his three matches in a 5-2 win over Wattana that included the highest break of the group with a 71 in frame four at the Thammasat University Convention Centre in Pathum Thani.

Matthew Selt, already eliminated from the event in a Group E won by Chris Wakelin, later set the new tournament highest break courtesy of a run of 80 in the final frame of a 5-3 win over Dechawat Poomjaeng that began with a free ball. There were glorious scenes of sportsmanship at the end of the day as O'Sullivan and Wattana warmly embraced following a match-clinching O'Sullivan fluke, much to the delight of the vast crowd.

Bowing out in style, Robertson matched that 71 haul in the fifth frame of his 5-2 win over Moody, a dead rubber to see who finished third. O'Sullivan, who also made a rapid knock of 69 in just under four minutes in the sixth frame against Moody, is making his debut at the shortened version of the sport in Bangkok, but has plenty of happy memories of playing in Thailand.