Ronnie O’Sullivan set to take trip down memory lane at 6 Red World Championship, Thailand’s ‘biggest ever’ snooker event
World champion Ronnie O’Sullivan is set to enjoy a potting blast from the past when he travels to Pathum Thani in Thailand for the 6 Red World Championship next month.
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O’Sullivan and Wattana have a storied 31-year rivalry in the sport, stretching back to their first meeting in 1992 when Wattana completed a 6-5 win in the semi-finals of the Humo Masters in Belgium.
O’Sullivan is 11-5 clear on the career head-to-heads against the former world No. 3 dubbed ‘The Thai-phoon’, but this will be the first time they will do battle over the shortened 6 Red format.
O’Sullivan won their previous meeting 5-1 in the last 32 of the 2011 Shanghai Masters with Wattana completing a 5-0 whitewash success at the same stage of the 2006 China Open.
O’Sullivan begins his campaign against fellow Englishman Robertson at 11:30pm GMT on Tuesday 7 March.
The top two from each group progress to the last 16 knock-out stage with the final contested on Saturday 11 March.
Stephen Maguire is the defending champion after his 8-6 win against fellow Scotsman John Higgins in the 2019 final.
He has been drawn alongside Ding Junhui, Zhang Anda and Thailand’s women’s world champion Mink Nutcharut in Group A.
Six-time world finalist Jimmy White will face Luca Brecel, Barry Hawkins and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in Group B.
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6 Red World Championship group stage
Group A
- Stephen Maguire (Sco)
- Ding Junhui (Chn)
- Zhang Anda (Chn)
- Mink Nutcharut (Tha)
Group B
- Luca Brecel (Bel)
- Barry Hawkins (Eng)
- Jimmy White (Eng)
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Tha)
Group C
- John Higgins (Sco)
- Hossein Vafaei (Irn)
- Ken Doherty (Ire)
- Poramin Danjirakul (Tha)
Group D
- Judd Trump (Eng)
- Ricky Walden (Eng)
- Ma Hailong (Chn)
- Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn (Tha)
Group E
- Mark Selby (Eng)
- Ali Carter (Eng)
- Chris Wakelin (Eng)
- Dechawat Poomjaeng (Tha)
Group F
- Mark Allen (NI)
- Mark Williams (Wal)
- Andres Petrov (Est)
- Sunny Akani (Tha)
Group G
- Shaun Murphy (Eng)
- Stuart Bingham (Eng)
- Noppon Saengkham (Tha)
- Mahmoud El Hareedy (Egy)
Group H
- Ronnie O’Sullivan (Eng)
- Jimmy Robertson (Eng)
- James Wattana (Tha)
- Stan Moody (Eng)
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