
Ronnie O’Sullivan’s knocked out of the World Snooker Championship by Zhao Xintong in Sheffield; ‘The Rocket’ was whitewashed in the second session and that proved too much of a mountain to climb
Last Updated: 02/05/25 9:10pm

Ronnie O’Sullivan suffered a knockout blow to his hopes of a record eighth World Snooker Championship title after losing his semi-final 17-7 to an inspired Zhao Xintong.
O’Sullivan had the tip and ferrule on his cue changed overnight, having labelled it as “awful” ahead of the last-four clash with Zhao at the Crucible.
The seven-time champion had still emerged from the first session level at 4-4, but incredibly lost all eight frames on Friday morning as Chinese star Zhao ruthlessly punished every missed pot and poor safety to move 12-4 ahead.
The 28-year-old left-hander returned for the third session on Friday evening and notched the five frames needed with a session to spare to book his place in the final against either Judd Trump or Mark Williams.
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