International Championship 2023 snooker LIVE – Ronnie O’Sullivan takes on Mark Joyce, Judd Trump also features
What happened yesterday?
It was a battle of icons as Ronnie O’Sullivan breezed past Ken Doherty to claim a place in the second round of the International Championship in China.
Breaks of 112, 81 and 66 gave ‘The Rocket’ a 3-1 lead at the mid-session interval and he picked up where he left off in the fifth with a 78 following some costly mistakes from Doherty.
That was the general theme of the match. In truth, O’Sullivan barely got out of second gear but was let-off time and time again by Doherty, who failed to capitalise on the opportunities that were presented to him.
The Rocket sealed the 6-1 victory with a 68 in the seventh to set up a second-round tie with Mark Joyce.
Meanwhile, Judd Trump was in no mood to waste time in his first round match of the whitewashing 12-year-old Wang Xinzhong 6-0 to make it 21 wins on the bounce as he begins his quest for a fourth straight title.
Trump has been in dazzling form on the baize en route to landing the Wuhan, English, and Northern Ireland Opens, and this week can join Stephen Hendry as the only other player to bag a quartet of ranking events in succession.
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