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World Snooker Championship: Zhao Xintong hammers Ronnie O'Sullivan with session to spare to reach final
Ronnie O’Sullivan’s hopes of an eighth World Snooker Championship crown were destroyed as Zhao Xintong thrashed him 17-7 with a session to spare in Sheffield.
Zhao took a stranglehold on the semi-final by winning all eight frames in a remarkable session on Friday morning – only the fourth whitewash of O’Sullivan’s long Crucible career.
There was a lovely moment at the end as the two men shook hands and Zhao applauded his hero O’Sullivan.
