World Snooker Championship - Ronnie O'Sullivan wins final frame of session on a re-spot to take control vs John Higgins

Ronnie O’Sullivan won five frames on the spin, including a stunning re-spot on the final black of the session, to move into a 10-6 lead over John Higgins in their World Championship semi-final. The pair resumed battle in the second session locked together at 4-4.

Ad/> Higgins won the early skirmishes on Friday afternoon, but O’Sullivan cranked into life either side of the interval. /> World Championship'It's wrong' — White on fan disruption and O'Sullivan referee request41 MINUTES AGO O’Sullivan won four frames on the spin, but Higgins looked set to cut the gap to two frames after O’Sullivan unfortunately committed a foul in the final frame of the session.

But he missed frame-ball black and O’Sullivan crafted one of the greatest 43 breaks of all time to force a re-spot and he took it to move four frames to the good going into the final two sessions on Saturday. Higgins crafted a chance in the opening frame of the session, only to be halted in his tracks as he chipped a red in after potting a blue and O’Sullivan pounced to move ahead courtesy of a break of 73.

On two occasions in frame 10, Higgins was stopped by going in-off after pots. But he showed his nuggety temperament by shaking off the setbacks, potting the final red and the colours to level the contest.

After looking so good in the opening frame of the season, O’Sullivan struggled in the second and paid the price in the third for missing a plant that never looked on — which allowed Higgins to counter and move back into the lead at 6-5. Like Federer and Nadal — White compares O'Sullivan and Higgins to tennis legends Trump in control but Williams fights on with shared session at the Crucible O’Sullivan snapped out of his mini-funk to level the contest, being denied