Ronnie O’Sullivan’s record-high snooker break of 153
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It’s the fifth day of play for the world’s best snooker players in China - by the end of the day we’ll know our semi-finalists.
Ronnie O'Sullivan has scored the highest-ever tournament break of 153 at the World Open - and there is only recorded evidence of one higher break. O'Sullivan potted a free ball and the black to score eight points during his World Open quarter-final against Ryan Day on Friday morning.
It has been a long time coming. On May 5th a soft-spoken, left-handed 28-year-old named Zhao Xintong (pictured) raised the famed trophy in the legendary Crucible Theatre in the northern English city of Sheffield, and was crowned men’s snooker champion of ...
The 50-year-old achieved the feat after leaving Ryan Day in a snooker to begin the opening frame of their quarter-final and the Welshman’s failed escape attempt gave O’Sullivan a free ball. That allowed the seven-times world champion to start with a green followed by an opening black,