Ronnie O’Sullivan leads Ryan Day 5-3 after an intriguing opening session of their World Snooker Championship second-round match on Sunday morning.
O’Sullivan got off to a rapid start with a brilliant century break and followed that with another big score to lead 2-0, leaving Day facing an uphill battle. But Day began to click as O’Sullivan made some mistakes, and the Welshman scored a brilliant century of his own as he kept in touch with the seven-time champion.
In the morning’s other match, Stephen Maguire secured his spot in the quarter-finals by beating Shaun Murphy 13-9 at the Crucible.
The rivals have feuded for two decades following an incident where Maguire was penalised a frame for forgetting his chalk and, the Scotsman held off a late fightback from Murphy to seal victory in style, hitting the first century of the match with a 127 to set up a quarter-final meeting with David Gilbert.
Re-live the action from O’Sullivan’s opening session with Day below.