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A tight affair sees Ronnie O’Sullivan show her quality at critical moments to beat if Jiahui 13-9 in China and reserve the 14th World Snooker Championship Place; O’Sullivan will face Zhao Xintong for the place in the final; Mark Williams will face Judd Trump in another semi-final

Ronnie O’Sullivan has a semi-final of the 14th World Snooker Championship in the semi-finals

Ronnie O’Sullivan is through the semi-finals of the World Snooker Championship for the 14th time, holding his nerve to defeat Si Jiahui 13-9 from China to Sheffield.

O’Sullivan will face another Chinese player in Zhao Xintong – who is in competition under amateur status – for a place in the final, the latter leafing Chris Wakelin 13-5 in England in the quarter -finals.

The rocket seeks to exceed the total of seven successes of the Stephen Hendry world championship.

O’Sullivan retained a response from Si Jiahui to lead 6-2 before Wednesday.

He extended his night advantage at 7-2 when he took the opening framework of the morning, capitalizing after that if a simple pink of the place.

If, a semi-finalist on its debut in the crucible two years ago, then designed a break of 101 before a cannon with cannon blows in the lower corner only helped O’Sullivan on its path to a round of 75 to take the 11th frame in a visit.

If has reduced the deficit again in the interval of mid-session, but O’Sullivan pinched the first setting after his opponent missed a red red, obtaining a few snookers before cleaning the colors.

If shaken consecutive half-centurys to return to 9-6, but O’Sullivan capitalized on another unrefitled error of if during the missing of the Brown to come from behind and take the last frame of the session with a break of 64.

In the last session, if closed less than two to 10-8, but O’Sullivan produced a superb breakdown at 11-8.

If won the following framework to exert more pressure on O’Sullivan, but two successive images in which if it was well fixed in terms of score but lacked pots that O’Sullivan has ruthlessly benefited via a pair of wonderful clearances that supported the result.

Judd Trump will face Mark Williams in the other semi-final, the world n ° 1 coming from 7-5 and 8-7 to Blitz Luca Brecel 13-8 via a sensational session.

Trump won five consecutive executives after starting the last session of a fully square octane competition, including two more centuries who have taken its total number of hundreds of breaks for the season at 104.

It saw him equal, then exceeding the record of Neil Robertson, 11, while Trump, 35, sealed his confrontation of the last time against the Welsh veteran Williams in style.

O’Sullivan: I got back again – I played the worst from anyone

O’Sullivan told the media thereafter:

“I am again kidnapped in the hook. He played badly during the first two sessions and he did better during the third session, but he did not finish the executives and I stole some.

“I relied on other people to win and it doesn’t do me well for me. I still feel better when I force the opening and put the pressure on my opponents. You feel much better when you won the match rather than they lost it.”

O’Sullivan continues to feel that he has trouble for form, despite his progression

“I just hope to spend the next match.

“I probably played everyone’s worst snooker during this tournament. I feel like I was so poor that I spent my opponents a little. But when you get to this stage, you have to play well, and I will have to find something to exceed Zhao Xintong.”

Snooker world championship: quarter -finals

• John Higgins (3) 12-13 Mark Williams (6)
• Zhao Xintong 13-5 Chris Wakelin
• Luca Brecel (7) 8-13 Judd Trump (2)
• Ronnie O’Sullivan (5) 13-9 if Jiahui (13)

Semi-final

Thursday May 1st

Zhao Xintong vs Ronnie O’Sullivan (from 1 p.m.)

Mark Williams vs Judd Trump (from 7 p.m.)

Friday May 2

Zhao Xintong vs Ronnie O’Sullivan (from 10 a.m.)

Mark Williams vs Judd Trump (from 2:30 p.m.)

Zhao Xintong vs Ronnie O’Sullivan (from 7 p.m.)

Saturday May 3

Mark Williams vs Judd Trump (from 10 a.m.)

Zhao Xintong vs Ronnie O’Sullivan (from 2:30 p.m.)

Mark Williams vs Judd Trump (from 7 p.m.)

Final

Sunday May 4
13: 00-18: 00
19: 00-22: 00

Monday May 5
13: 00-16: 00
19: 00-22: 00