World Snooker Championship 2022 - Ronnie O’Sullivan sidesteps potential banana skin as he beats David Gilbert

Ronnie O’Sullivan eased into the second round of the World Championship with a 10-5 win over David Gilbert. He did the damage with six unanswered frames on Saturday, after losing the first three, and withstood a mini-fightback from Gilbert on Sunday to book his place in round two at the Crucible. Ad/> Having taken part on the first afternoon, O’Sullivan will hope he is involved on the 17th and final day.

The World Championship is a marathon as opposed to a sprint and there’s little value in producing top-drawer snooker on day one. World Championship'Where's the yellow?' — Outrageous fluke allows O'Sullivan to pinch frame2 HOURS AGO O’Sullivan showed glimpses of brilliance, but with the promise of much more to come. Gilbert arrived at the Crucible on Sunday knowing he had to get in the fight early.

O’Sullivan left Gilbert a tough tempter in the opening frame and the calculated gamble paid off, as the effort stayed above ground and, importantly, offered a chance to O’Sullivan. It was a good chance but, surprisingly, the world No. 1 ran out of position on 58 and offered up an opportunity to Gilbert.

Gilbert saw O'Sullivan run through six frames on the spin on Saturday afternoon, but he stopped the rot with an excellent clearance to cut the gap to two. World Championship 2022: Order of play, live scores, schedule, results I am on the right track mentally — Selby Zhao breezes into second round O’Sullivan’s miss in the 10th was surprising but not worrying, as it was a tough red to the left middle after he ran out of position. What followed in the 11th was a worry, as he was in the balls and gliding round the table — only to miss a routine red to bottom left.