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Ronnie O'Sullivan is making a grounds 31st quality astatine the Crucible| Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield Dates: 15 April-1 May |
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Ronnie O'Sullivan took a 6-3 pb implicit qualifier Pang Junxu arsenic helium began the defence of his World Championship rubric astatine the Crucible Theatre successful Sheffield.
The Englishman, 47, who is bidding for a grounds eighth rubric successful the modern era, made 3 half-centuries connected his mode to a commanding 5-0 advantage.
However, debutant Pang, 23, made breaks of 133 and 83 to triumph 3 of the past 4 frames of the opening session.
Their first-round lucifer volition reason connected Saturday astatine 19:00 BST.
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Meanwhile, Stuart Bingham reeled disconnected 5 consecutive frames to determination 6-3 up against chap Englishman David Gilbert successful their first-round meeting.
Bingham, 46, who won the satellite rubric successful 2015, made an awesome 108 interruption to assertion the archetypal framework but was past forced to ticker arsenic Gilbert took power with breaks of 60, 90 and a superb 121 to found a 3-1 pb astatine the interval.
However, Bingham compiled breaks of 78 and 87 arsenic the contention swung backmost heavy successful his favour.
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