Seven-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan made snooker historical past with a 153 break on the World Open
Ronnie O’Sullivan achieved the very best break in skilled snooker (Picture: Getty)
Ronnie O’Sullivan’s historic break on the World Open led to a different snooker match being briefly halted. The 50-year-old clinched a 153 break in Yushan within the quarter-final towards Ryan Day on his option to claiming a 5-0 win to achieve the semi-final.
O’Sullivan cleared the desk in a single break within the opening body of the competition, which included potting the inexperienced as a sixteenth crimson and led to the seven-time world champion wrapping up the highest-ever break in aggressive skilled snooker.
As O’Sullivan neared the tip of the historic break, there was one other match happening on the subsequent desk on the Yushan Sports activities Centre in China.
Mark Allen and Wu Yize had been going head-to-head of their quarter-final match when the sport stopped for a quick second to observe the tip of the opening body between O’Sullivan and Day.
Allen and Wu had been watching from close to their desk as O’Sullivan potted the ultimate balls of the historic 153 break, the place they had been additionally joined by match referee Zhang Tao.
O’Sullivan will now face Wu within the semi-final of the World Open, with the latter claiming a 5-1 win over Allen in his quarter-final match.
After making snooker historical past on Friday, O’Sullivan despatched a message providing his appreciation for the help and reward he had acquired following his 153 break.
“Simply need to say a giant shoutout to everybody congratulating me, messaging me, on the 153. Yeah, it was a reasonably cool second,” O’Sullivan mentioned in a video posted on X, previously referred to as Twitter.
Ronnie O’Sullivan claimed a 5-0 win over Ryan Day within the World Open quarter-final (Picture: Getty)
“Thanks to everybody on the market who has supported me. So hold having fun with the snooker in Yushan, take care.”
O’Sullivan additionally mentioned in an earlier interview what his motivation was to realize the highest-ever break in snooker.
“It was an incredible buzz, I may have tried and acquired the opposite black, however I believed no person has ever made a break above 147 on TV, so I believed I’d be the primary,” O’Sullivan advised the World Snooker Tour.
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“I nonetheless really feel slightly rusty, I clearly have not performed sufficient matches and tournaments, that is what everyone appears to be saying. I am nonetheless hoping to shake the rustiness off – that is only a joke.
“I am certain that is up there (with different moments in his profession), two 147s in a single match was fairly cool. I simply want I acquired paid extra for it that is all.”
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