SUPER SESSION! Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Zhao Xintong Play Rapid-Fire Session _ Halo World Championship

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Fire snooker  SUPER SESSION! Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Zhao Xintong Play Rapid-Fire Session _ Halo World Championship

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00:00How did he over-cut it? How did he over-cut this one? Amazing.

00:21One.

00:30Ronnie would love to play for the red, or get on the red to the left of the black spot. That's why he didn't play for the black there.

00:43Five.

00:45There's a little masterclass in breakbuilding right there with those couple of shots.

00:52Six.

01:00That just shows you how difficult it is to control the cue ball when the object falls right over a pocket.

01:27Fourteen.

01:45Fourteen.

01:47That's finished a little awkward now as well.

02:06Twenty-one.

02:08Just coming around to see if the black will pop, because he's going to cut this back in, cannon into the five reds.

02:16But the pink's there.

02:19So the black must go, otherwise you'd have played that one. So this is a much more difficult shot.

02:26Twenty-seven.

02:39Twenty-seven.

02:44Twenty-seven.

02:5027

02:5328

03:00wonderful shot

03:01yeah I think Ronnie liked that one

03:08just made a little facial expression

03:11yeah because the black wouldn't go past this red

03:17that he's going to take now so

03:18that was a very key shot

03:20could give him the frame

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03:2543

03:4844

04:0049

04:0750

04:15well this could be

04:21well I wouldn't like to bet against Dennis this being the first century break of this match

04:2757

04:36it's not been

04:3858

04:39you would say vintage or Sullivan in terms of pristine cue ball control but there's

04:44there's been two or three shots of pure genius that

04:47black was the highlight screwing off the bunch of reds with check side of the cushion

04:5265

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04:59those two reds to the right of the pink

05:08might just prevent the century break but we know how good he is at moving awkward balls

05:18off cushions

05:1974

05:23might play to get on this red

05:27well he's almost straight on it but not a problem

05:3181

05:38all about a good angle on the black here to get to those two awkward reds

05:4282

05:43well let's see it's not straightforward because he could slip around the back of it which would

05:48be okay

05:49he would leave the red into the right corner

05:52no he's missed the black

05:56but he won't be too concerned about that

06:02reds are good everywhere here

06:03that's it too

06:08run a silent 32

06:21it's just done it so often that's why i thought possibly jowell played his last shot

06:27Ronny's done it so often in the last frames of sessions just to give himself that lead.

06:43Well, it's definitely not his best, Ronny Sullivan-Dennis,

06:46but it's still formidable enough to compete with all these players and better them.

06:53Yeah, you would say he's probably on his B game at the moment.

06:57But that is good enough when you play the way he does.

07:06So a key shot coming up.

07:12He could have done with the white just a little bit further to the left.

07:17He's having a look to see if there's any sort of plants.

07:21If he was to pop this, get on the blue and then cannon into the pink.

07:27I think there may be reds going in the direction of the left corner pocket.

07:33That's why he's not played for the blue.

07:34You had a long, hard look at it.

07:36So now it's green into the pack.

07:39You don't really want to hit the pink here.

07:41You'd rather make sure you hit the reds.

07:43It's another wonderful split.

07:50What a shot.

07:55Slight shake of the head.

07:57Not because he can't put a red, but it's just I think the positional side of the shot is a little bit awkward.

08:02Well, he's got them all there for the taking now.

08:13If he can knock this black in, it's a wonderful chance.

08:17Wouldn't that be something if we can go to the second session with them all square at four frames each?

08:32Nineteen.

08:39Well, it should be where the reds are.

08:42There's no excuses for not winning this frame now for Charles Ng-Tong.

08:50Twenty-six.

08:50There is pressure on his shoulders to do it.

08:55Twenty-seven.

08:56Especially in this place, cause you to miss anything.

09:03When you get to the semi-final stage of the World Championship,

09:07you're not supposed to be making any easy misses or any unforced errors.

09:12Or not many, anyway.

09:15It's the stage of the tournament.

09:16You've got to cut those out.

09:19Because obviously you're up against the best players.

09:26Forty-two.

09:45Forty-three.

09:51So the shot is going to be the big one.

09:54He's obviously getting position on that last red.

09:56It's next to the pink.

10:03Fifty.

10:11Fifty-one.

10:17Has he got the angle to screw in behind us?

10:19He has.

10:24Fifty-one.

10:26Fifty-one.

10:27Fifty-one.

10:38Fifty-one.

10:42Just the black, so no heroics here.

10:44Fifty-one.

10:51Well, has he broken the pocket?

10:53He has.

10:55That was a real pocket-breaker.

10:57Plenty of shot.

10:57Half the black.

10:58Good job at the last frame.

10:59Sixty-six.

11:02Great temperament he's shown in this break,

11:04Jao Singtong.

11:05And look at this.

11:10There's balls all over the crucible floor.

11:17It has to be careful he doesn't trip on one, yeah?

11:19He's doing a little bit of tidying up here.

11:23But if you stood on one of those,

11:24you could do yourself an injury.

11:26I think four-four's fair, Dennis.

11:35Absolutely, and it's been very...

11:37There's no real fireworks, no century breaks,

11:40but the standard's very good

11:41and very, very entertaining.

11:44I think it's been a fascinating watch.

11:4575.

11:47And it's only going to get better.

11:4880.

12:00Make sure they set the alarm clocks

12:03for tomorrow morning.

12:09That's a big pocket, that, Stephen.

12:12There's the black going to go in the floor as well.

12:13The black God knows where this

12:14could go out onto the street.

12:18That's so unbelievable.

12:20Smiles all around.

12:22The standing of the agent

12:23from the crucible floor.

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