Ronnie O'Sullivan sent warning as flaw spotted in 'naive' Zhao Xintong's game Chesworth told Express Sport : “He wasn’t playing at his best and I heard on the grapevine that there was a problem.

Ronnie O'Sullivan suffered a knockout blow to his hopes of a record eighth World Snooker Championship title after losing his semi-final 17-7 to an inspired Zhao Xintong.

Ronnie O’Sullivan lost 17-7 in his World Championship semi-final to Zhao Xintong. Pic: Mike Egerton/PA. ... only the fourth whitewash of O’Sullivan’s long Crucible career.

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.

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.

Ronnie O’Sullivan was left wondering whether the problem was him or his cue after crashing out of the World Snooker Championship with a session to spare with a crushing 17-7 semi-final defeat to ...

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.

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.. Zhao took a stranglehold on the semi-final by winning ...

There are two ways to look at Ronnie O’Sullivan’s stumble into the semi-finals of the World Snooker Championship. The first, to which O’Sullivan evidently subscribes, is that his erratic ...

Ronnie O’Sullivan recovered from a slow start against Pang Junxu to leave himself within one frame of a 23rd World Snooker Championship quarter-final. Having lost the first two frames to ...

Ronnie O’Sullivan recovered from a slow start against Pang Junxu to leave himself within one frame of a 23rd World Snooker Championship quarter-final.

Ronnie O’Sullivan was in control against Pang Junxu as the seven-time winner finished the first session of their World Championship last-16 match with a 6-2 lead.