When does Ronnie O'Sullivan play next at the World Snooker Championship?
The 49-year-old hadn't played competitively since January and has pulled out of recent tournaments, including the Masters, to focus on his mental health and wellbeing and it was unclear whether he would participate in the World Championship in Sheffield.
He decided to take part in the competition, in what is his 33rd consecutive appearance at the Crucible, and made light work of old rival Ali Carter in the first round, running out the 10-4 winner.
The Rocket carried on where he left off and was scarcely tested by Pang, needing just one frame to win when the session resumed on Monday night and wrapping proceedings up with a break of 95.
Here's everything you need to know about Ronnie O'Sullivan's next match:
The World No. 5 returns to action on Tuesday 29 April in the afternoon session when he takes on Si Jiahui in the second round. The session begins at 2.30pm BST.
Coverage of the match will be shown on BBC Two from 1pm and TNT Sports who have broadcast rights for the whole tournament this year. TNT's coverage begins at 2.30pm when the session starts.
Ronnie O'Sullivan needs one more world title win to take the record outright from Stephen Hendry, who shares his current tally, and match his number of wins at the other two Triple Crown events: the Masters and the UK Championship.
'The Rocket' won the first of his world titles in 2001 before drawing level with Hendry's collection with a seventh crown in 2022. He already holds the most Triple Crown titles of any player with 23 across his career, though has not necessarily enjoyed his recent time on the baize.
First-round matches at the World Snooker Championship are the best of 19 frames.
Second round and quarter-final matches are played over a maximum of 25.
Semi-final matches are best of 33 frames.
The final is the best of 35 frames.
The winner will receive £500,000 and there is total prize fund of £2,395,000.
Winner: £500,000
Runner-up: £200,000
Semi-finalists: £100,000
Quarter-finalists: £50,000
Last 16: £30,000
Last 32: £20,000
Last 48: £15,000
Last 80: £10,000
Last 112: £5,000
Highest break (qualifying stage included): £15,000
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