Snooker
‘What lovely scenes’ – Ronnie O’Sullivan hailed for ‘gracious’ act after World Snooker Championship semi-final defeat
RONNIE O’SULLIVAN’s dreams of a history-making eighth Crucible world title were crushed in the semi-finals with a session to spare by the magnificent Zhao Xintong.
The Chinese Cyclone won EIGHT successive frames in a blistering 82-minute morning session to go 12-4 up – it was the fourth time O’Sullivan had experienced such an embarrassing session whitewash.
