'That was outrageous' – Ronnie O'Sullivan produces wonder pot in winning return at Championship League snooker

Ronnie O'Sullivan produced a sublime pot on the pink as he continued where he left off from winning his record-equalling seventh world title in Sheffield in May. O'Sullivan made his competitive return to action following his 18-13 win over Judd Trump – a victory that saw him equal Stephen Hendry's Crucible haul from the 1990s – with a one-sided 3-0 triumph against world No. 99 Farkh Ajaib in his Group 1 opener at Leicester's Morningside Arena.

Ad/> Each match is contested over a maximum of four frames with the player who tops the group reaching the last 32, but O'Sullivan needed only three to register three points in less than 45 minutes on Monday. SnookerO'Sullivan return – When, where and what time does world champion play?YESTERDAY AT 10:11 /> The world No 1 enjoyed breaks of 67, 54 and 65 as he showed no signs of rustiness with one pot in the opening frame particularly eye-catching as he slammed home a pink to a middle bag at pace before rolling in a difficult red to a centre pocket with ease. «That was an outrageous pot,» said Phil Yates in the commentary box.

«If you didn't know what the intimidation factor was, that pink sums it up.» He next faces Alfie Burden and Alexander Ursenbacher from 5pm (BST) on Monday. The Essex man last month opened his first snooker academy in Singapore, playing exhibition matches against UK champion Zhao Xintong and women's world champion Nutcharut Wongharuthai after challenge matches with old foes Hendry and Jimmy White in London. /> All his matches at the Championship League are live on FreeSports in the UK.