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| Ronnie O'Sullivan rockets back to beat Joe Perry at world championship | Ronnie O'Sullivan rockets back to beat Joe Perry at world championship |
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| Ronnie O'Sullivan said he had put Liverpool's Premier League title quest ahead of his own needs after battling his way into the quarter-finals of the World Snooker Championship. The defending champion turned on the power to beat Joe Perry 13-11 after flirting with defeat for much of the match. | Ronnie O'Sullivan said he had put Liverpool's Premier League title quest ahead of his own needs after battling his way into the quarter-finals of the World Snooker Championship. The defending champion turned on the power to beat Joe Perry 13-11 after flirting with defeat for much of the match. |
| He revealed he had benefited from a chat with psychiatrist Dr Steve Peters after telling him not to travel to Sheffield earlier in the week so Peters could focus on his work with the football club. | |
| O'Sullivan told the BBC: "Liverpool are going for the Premier League and I know how important that is for him and for the Liverpool people. I have got friends from Liverpool and it would be so great if they can do it, so I'm mindful that I don't want to take all his time up. | O'Sullivan told the BBC: "Liverpool are going for the Premier League and I know how important that is for him and for the Liverpool people. I have got friends from Liverpool and it would be so great if they can do it, so I'm mindful that I don't want to take all his time up. |
| "I said: 'That's more important, I'm going to be OK,' but really I made a mistake. I could have done with him here on Thursday. But he said he's not going to make that mistake again, he's going to be around a bit more now." | "I said: 'That's more important, I'm going to be OK,' but really I made a mistake. I could have done with him here on Thursday. But he said he's not going to make that mistake again, he's going to be around a bit more now." |
| O'Sullivan, who trailed 9-7 overnight and 11-9 at the mid-session interval, rattled off four successive frames as he hit top form to book his place in the quarter-finals. The title favourite made no mistake to capitalise on a series of errors by Perry, producing masterful back-to-back century breaks to clinch victory as he gradually turned the screw. | O'Sullivan, who trailed 9-7 overnight and 11-9 at the mid-session interval, rattled off four successive frames as he hit top form to book his place in the quarter-finals. The title favourite made no mistake to capitalise on a series of errors by Perry, producing masterful back-to-back century breaks to clinch victory as he gradually turned the screw. |
| O'Sullivan did not lead in the match until he claimed the penultimate frame with a break of 124 but once in front he took full advantage, sealing victory with another of 113. | |
| He won the first frame of the session 87-16 and after Perry had re-established his two-frame lead in the next with his opponent calling a foul on himself, compiled a break of 82 to stay in touch. But Perry refused to wilt and eased himself to within two frames of victory by claiming the 20th by 81 points to 39. | |
| However, it was then that O'Sullivan made his move, clinching the next two with breaks of 53 and 52 before turning on the style to take himself over the finishing line. | However, it was then that O'Sullivan made his move, clinching the next two with breaks of 53 and 52 before turning on the style to take himself over the finishing line. |
| Perry said: "I just ran into an absolute genius at the end, so what can you do?" O'Sullivan will face either Shaun Murphy or Marco Fu in the quarter-finals. Also through on Saturday evening was Alan McManus, who will tackle Mark Selby after seeing off fellow veteran Ken Doherty. | |
| Leading 4-3 overnight, McManus claimed the first six frames of the morning session to take himself to within three of victory before Doherty stemmed the tide with breaks of 93 and 88. | |
| He took the momentum from those two frames into the evening session, winning three of the four frames before the interval to trail only 11-8, but McManus extended his lead once more in frame 20 and wrapped up victory with a break of 83. | |
| Barry Hawkins is through as well after repeating his win over Ricky Walden in last year's semi-final. Walden had led 9-5 but Hawkins took the final two frames of Friday's play and kicked off Saturday with a 104 break, winning three of the first four frames to level the match. | |
| He edged ahead at 11-10 – the first time he had led since winning the opening three frames – and though Walden hit back with a 53, Hawkins went ahead once more and wrapped up victory with a 61 break. | |
| Judd Trump, the former world No1 and a semi-finalist last year, reeled off four straight frames to finish the first session with a 6-2 lead over Ryan Day. | |
| The 24-year-old was twice pegged back by Day after leading 1-0 and then 2-1 before pulling clear as he started to hit form. | |
| Trump took the fifth frame by a single point but runs of 76 in the next and 78 in the eighth saw him establish a four-frame advantage. The Bristol cueman outscored his opponent by 230 points to 14 in those final three frames. | |
| Dominic Dale led Michael Wasley 7-1 after a one-sided first session to their match. | |
| World No73 Wasley marked his Crucible debut with a stunning upset of Ding Junhui in the first round but was unable to repeat that display, despite a 66 to win frame two. | |
| Dale, who led Mark Davis 7-2 after the opening session of their first-round clash, started in similarly impressive style aided by breaks of 74, 75, 59 and a closing 106. |