Former five time World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan has been knocked out of this year's tournament after a 13-10 defeat to China's Ding Junhai.
The Englishman trailed 10-6 over night but made the fast start he needed to get back into the match winning the first two frames of the opening session on Wednesday.
Ridiculous from Ronnie! @ronnieo147 laughing on the way to making a rare 1⃣4⃣6⃣ break at the Crucible! #ilovesnooker @Betfred pic.twitter.com/KdCLkJQaCP
— World Snooker (@WorldSnooker1) April 26, 2017
However, Ding struck back and took the third frame of the session before O'Sullivan racked up only the third ever 146 at the Crucible to trail 11-9 at the interval.
That match was just 👌!
RESULT | Ding beats O'Sullivan to reach the semi finals of the @Betfred World Championship! #ilovesnooker pic.twitter.com/4lrmBycnzq
— World Snooker (@WorldSnooker1) April 26, 2017
It wasn't enough though as Ding kept the Englishman at bay to win by 13-10. He will now meet defending champion Mark Selby in the semi-final. Selby beat Marco Fu 13-3 earlier and progressed with a session to spare.
