World Snooker Championship 2025 LIVE RESULTS: Ronnie O'Sullivan falls BEHIND vs Zhao NOW, Trump leads Williams
RONNIE O'SULLIVAN has fallen behind Zhao Xintong in the opening frames of their HUGE World Snooker Championship semi-final!
The Rocket entered the session level at 4-4 by his opponent has now won THREE frames in a row to open up a decent 7-4 lead.
Elsewhere, world No 1 Judd Trump goes to bed with a two-frame lead in his epic battle against Mark Williams.
Williams has to go to sleep wondering how he didn't pot that final black - and rue the missed opportunities with Trump so far below the standard he's shown in this tournament.
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