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Arab News
2 days ago
- Sport
- Arab News
Ronnie O'Sullivan storms back to reach last 8 at the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters
JEDDAH: Ronnie O'Sullivan pulled off a sensational comeback victory against Chang Bingyu to reach the quarter-finals of the second annual Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters in Jeddah. For the latest updates, follow us @ArabNewsSport The snooker legend trailed 5-2 on Wednesday night before storming back to beat surprise package Bingyu 6-5, and for a second successive tournament set up a last-eight clash with fellow Englishman Kyren Wilson, who defeated Si Jiahui 6-3. 'I have realized now I took this game for granted before, because when I was struggling I lost my confidence and lost my swagger, and that's something you can't fake,' said O'Sullivan, the world No. 5, after booking a place in what will be his 148th ranking quarter-final. The fan-favorite described the Saudi Masters as his home tournament, now that he lives in Dubai and has an academy that bears his name in Riyadh. Mark Williams also made it through to the last eight with a 6-1 victory against Shaun Murphy. He will now face Elliot Slessor, who progressed with a thrilling 6-5 defeat of Stuart Bingham. Four-time world champion Mark Selby became only the fifth player to rack up 900 career centuries thanks to a 119 break against Neil Robertson, but ultimately lost the match 6-4. Ali Carter beat Oliver Lines 6-3 and will take on Robertson in the quarter-finals. Barry Hawkins and Chris Wakelin also progressed to complete the last-eight lineup. The quarter-finals will be played on Thursday. The tournament, which takes place at Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, is organized by the Saudi Billiards and Snooker Federation, in partnership with Matchroom and cooperation with the World Snooker Tour, under the supervision of the Ministry of Sports.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
O'Sullivan hits back to beat Chang in Saudi Arabia
Ronnie O'Sullivan came back from 5-2 down to beat Chang Bingyu 6-5 and reach the quarter-finals of the Saudi Arabia who recently returned after a two-year ban for his part in a match-fixing scandal, produced three breaks in the 60s and one of 80 on his way to moving one frame from victory against the seven-time world champion. O'Sullivan knocked in a six-minute break of 103 to reduce the deficit to 5-3, and took the next two before a 125 break in the decider to clinch victory and a last-eight meeting with Kyren Wilson, who beat Si Jiahui 6-3."I missed so many easy balls. It's just not good enough to win tournaments," O'Sullivan told TNT Sports."But I wasn't battling out there, I was quite enjoying it. I've got Kyren next - if I miss like that he'll trounce me." Mark Williams made it through with a 6-1 win against Shaun Murphy and will next play Elliot Slessor, who earned a 6-5 victory over Stuart Bingham. "Everything's a blur and I do it to see how well I am cueing," said three-time world champion Williams - who is considering eye lens replacement surgery - on closing his eyes before hitting the cue ball. "I've got to do all my alignments stood up because when I am down there it's a guess."When I'm doing the shots shutting my eyes it just confirms to me that I'm in the right line really."If it misses to the left or right I know which part of the ball I've hit."Mark Selby, a four-time world champion, became the fifth player to make 900 career centuries when he made 119 against Neil Robertson, but lost the match 6-4. Ali Carter beat Oliver Lines 6-3 and will play Robertson in the Xintong, second seed and 2025 world champion, suffered a surprise 6-5 defeat by Chris Wakelin, who will play Barry Hawkins following his 6-5 win against Ding Junhui.
The Sun
24-06-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
Snooker star who was banned along with world champion Zhao Xintong makes huge statement after return to sport
SNOOKER star Chang Bingyu has made a statement return to the baize after seeing out his suspension alongside World Snooker champion Zhao Xingtong. Both Zhao and Chang were given lengthy bans for their roles in a match-fixing scandal that rocked the world of snooker. 2 Zhao was handed a 20-month ban for his part in the scandal, which saw 10 Chinese players punished for their involvement. But the 28-year-old, who was found to have not had any direct role in fixing the outcome of a match, bounced back from his ban in the most dramatic way possible by winning the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible earlier this year. Now his compatriot, Chang, has racked up a statement win on his return to action after he was given a two-year suspension for his role in the scandal. Chang, 22, admitted to deliberately losing to Jamie Jones at the 2022 British Open, claiming he "reluctantly" agreed to fix the match after a call from Liang Wenbo detailing an alleged large bet on Jones to win. Chang was originally slapped with a three-year ban, but saw that suspension reduced to two years after he admitted to his wrongdoing. Now the highly-thought of prospect potter has returned to action with a statement win, beating top player Daniel Wells 5-4 in a Wuhan Open qualifier. Chang fought back from 4-1 down to beat Wells thanks to breaks of 84, 60 and 70 in Leicester. The youngster will now face India's Kreishh Gurbaxani on Thursday in his battle to qualify for the competition that takes place in August. It's not the first statement made by Chang since the end of his ban either. The former world number 62 returned to action in December at the Asia-Pacific Snooker Championship, winning the tournament without showing any signs of his time away from the table. List of all-time Snooker World Champions BELOW is a list of snooker World Champions by year. The record is for the modern era, widely considered as dating from the 1968-69 season, when the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) took control of the sport. The first World Championships ran from 1927 - with a break from 1941-45 because of World War II and 1958-63 because of a dispute in the sport. Joe Davis (15), Fred Davis and John Pulman (both 8) were the most successful players during that period. Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan share the record for the most titles in the modern era, with seven each. 1969 - John Spencer 1970 - Ray Reardon 1971 - John Spencer 1972 - Alex Higgins 1973 - Ray Reardon (2) 1974 - Ray Reardon (3) 1975 - Ray Reardon (4) 1976 - Ray Reardon (5) 1977 - John Spencer (2) 1978 - Ray Reardon (6) 1979 - Terry Griffiths 1980 - Cliff Thorburn 1981 - Steve Davis 1982 - Alex Higgins (2) 1983 - Steve Davis (2) 1984 - Steve Davis (3) 1985 - Dennis Taylor 1986 - Joe Johnson 1987 - Steve Davis (4) 1988 - Steve Davis (5) 1989 - Steve Davis (6) 1990 - Stephen Hendry 1991 - John Parrott 1992 - Stephen Hendry (2) 1993 - Stephen Hendry (3) 1994 - Stephen Hendry (4) 1995 - Stephen Hendry (5) 1996 - Stephen Hendry (6) 1997 - Ken Doherty 1998 - John Higgins 1999 - Stephen Hendry (7) 2000 - Mark Williams 2001 - Ronnie O'Sullivan 2002 - Peter Ebdon 2003 - Mark Williams (2) 2004 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) 2005 - Shaun Murphy 2006 - Graeme Dott 2007 - John Higgins (2) 2008 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) 2009 - John Higgins (3) 2010 - Neil Robertson 2011 - John Higgins (4) 2012 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) 2013 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (5) 2014 - Mark Selby 2015 - Stuart Bingham 2016 - Mark Selby (2) 2017 - Mark Selby (3) 2018 - Mark Williams (3) 2019 - Judd Trump 2020 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (6) 2021 - Mark Selby (4) 2022 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (7) 2023 - Luca Brecel 2024 - Kyren Wilson Most World Titles (modern era) 7 - Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 - Ray Reardon, Steve Davis 4 - John Higgins, Mark Selby 3 - John Spencer, Mark Williams 2 - Alex Higgins
