Ronnie O'Sullivan Vs Zhao Xintong , - session 1,best snooker video,
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00:00Not the best break off. He's done that a couple of times.
00:07Yeah, it certainly is. It still gives you goosebumps. I still get jealous.
00:15Joseon Tong has been doing this whole World Championship. Long game.
00:21It's been excellent.
00:25Seven. He's settled so quickly into every match.
00:33Against Chris Wakelin. Fifteen.
00:40He's got a wonderful touch. Twenty-three.
00:44Doesn't rush around the table, but he's...
00:50Both of these players average shot.
00:54Thirty-one. Open reds from it.
00:58He hasn't done. He's left it.
01:02Thirty-eight.
01:08Forty-six.
01:14Oh, he's planted well.
01:18Fifty-four.
01:24Hmm. This could be under break.
01:28No signs of any nerves whatsoever.
01:30Cool as a cucumber.
01:32Sixty.
01:36One.
01:54Yeah, no, that'll do nicely. That's another little bit of insurance to prevent...
01:58One.
02:00One.
02:01One.
02:02One.
02:03One.
02:04One.
02:05One.
02:07Bruno Sullivan, one.
02:09He's going to push it over the other corner pocket, so that's a mistake.
02:23And, Ron.
02:24Real?
02:27Played with a lot of drag.
02:29He's lost the cue ball.
02:34Now.
02:36So, fifty-nine points remaining.
02:39And only sixty-three behind.
02:41This'll go in.
02:44Oh!
02:45Should've done.
02:46A green or yellow
02:57Just to move
03:02No way make it not such a nice target
03:16Why can't he cut this red in?
03:31Well he didn't
03:40Interesting that Ronnie's carried on here
03:44One
03:51I'll tell you what Stephen, there's no sign of nerves out there from Ziaz
03:58It's a real deal, he knows how about it
04:08This is emphatic, the way he's played this first frame
04:23Could you make sure your phones are on silent please?
04:30He's hit that much too thick
04:37He's hit that much too thick
04:52That's the reason he's hit
04:54Wonderful piece of cueing
04:57Wonderful piece of cueing
05:09Seven
05:11Managed to get
05:16Top spin on the cue ball
05:18Look where the white's gonna go
05:22Long way off that but I think he's been very fortunate
05:28Very lucky
05:30One
05:31Well he's played the hole for the black
05:45Now this is not
05:47Nine
05:48Oh he's overcutted it
05:51I thought he would play it
05:52I thought he would play it
05:53It's not the cue
05:57It's actually the cue action
05:58cue 9 15 anything but straight on the black is good and he stunned it perfectly
06:2523
06:30putting of the pack whenever he's going into the pack he's done it perfectly every time the right
06:44there's a skill to play in that shot it's not just blindly going into the bunch and hope
06:4937
06:54it's the semi-final of the world championship and at the moment the way he started he's coping
07:0114
07:05i've had a few messages from friends
07:18beautifully played
07:29doesn't want to cannon straight into it it's a tricky one not be and have a look at that shot
07:42have a look at that
07:47having Tom 62
07:51and
07:53He's going to be unlucky.
08:12No, that wasn't straightforward.
08:24So.
08:42Yeah, we've been saying all this championship and Ronny actually admitted last night.
08:56You would think this sort of, you would think his tattooing has got to be good in the semi-final.
09:05As Jalsing Tong continues to play like this, because if Ronny's...
09:12That much too thin.
09:15He's going to cover the red, the left corner with the pink.
09:21I can just force it with lots of topspin.
09:25Magnificent shot.
09:34One.
09:39It's red.
09:40Got to judge the cannon on the red that was next to it and it's...
09:45Nine.
09:52There's so many great players now.
09:55And I think this...
10:04Of course, Ronny beats Si-Xiao away.
10:07would only have been one frame behind.
10:10And this is a pretty good escape.
10:13A pretty good escape.
10:19And this is another one.
10:21Equally as great.
10:22Trying not to make those unforced errors positionally, because Ronny's not playing well at the moment.
10:30Jaoxing Tong is.
10:37Oh, look at this.
10:38He might have got...
10:39Behind the blue.
10:40What a shot.
10:41He's playing the similar shot to the one Ronny played.
10:51And that is pretty...
10:52Behind the black, can he?
10:53Yeah, he could.
10:54He's not going to reach...
10:55About the miss.
11:04He wants to...
11:31Really...
11:32Been a problem...
11:33For Ronny.
11:34One.
11:35The straighter wins.
11:41Laying a best of 33 match, but...
11:43Nine.
11:44Jaoxing.
11:52Seventeen.
12:1433.
12:2741.
12:28Yes.
12:29It's first real chance in amongst two...
12:31Opening frames.
12:34It was just in the frame.
12:36Just one little position of shot.
12:3849.
12:43Ronny's not going to need at least a pink here.
12:4757.
12:4864.
13:03Left middle.
13:06It did.
13:0712 and 64.
13:08And it did.
13:0915.
13:10In the past, we've seen Ronny use so many tips in one tournament.
13:28He's the sort of player he could play with a broom handle.
13:3416.
13:3514.
13:361.
13:37Those are the ones that don't break.
13:38We're going to get a room for each other.
13:4115.
13:4215.
13:4315.
13:44A 10.
13:4516.
13:4615.
13:4715.
13:48A 10.
13:4916.
13:5015.
13:5116.
13:5216.
13:5317.
13:5416.
13:5517.
13:5618.
13:5718.
13:5820.
13:5915.
14:0017.
14:0120.
14:0220.
14:0320.
14:04and he's overcut it and just caught one of those reds as he got away with it
14:13but right in the center of the pocket
14:17five
14:45this is the part of the game
14:46that it's the that's the kind of stuff is having to go right away the other end
14:57of the table instead of being able to stay for the black it's millimeters of
15:00precision he's dealing with when he's out by that much does frustrating good
15:0725 just score so quickly
15:17but we're in for a treat because xiaoxing tong and ronnie then had a 64
15:35and it looks as if he's going to make enough to win he could have a cracker on
15:40our hands steven yeah we lost position at 2-0 that's the sort of thing he cannot
15:46afford but to be on it the whole time 57 for this 33 frame match
15:51got this man that's at the table
15:54because he'll just be all over you
15:5864
16:0165
16:0473
16:20the frame's safe could he make another c9 centuries but not in this frame is it going to drop
16:27it's going to stay
16:28there's going to be a good one
16:33thank you sema and much better break off from ronnie o'sullivan there okay hasn't got in
16:42but
16:44yeah it's building up very nicely and that's a nice little can you get to the one table situation at the crucible
16:54average frame time just under 12 minutes this is not going to be a slow match slower than he has been
17:10he's in the balls it's much quicker
17:26he's in the ball
17:38start but they'd be tinged with a bit of frustration having been in with that chance in the third frame
17:44when he was on top in this match
17:50red that's okay but he's played a better pace with the cue ball this time
18:04might go in off this
18:08might go in off this
18:10I mean that's a well judged shot there
18:20the red sprung out
18:26and that's where the problem arises with the cue
18:34and the tip playing the shot with lots of side
18:56but straight in the middle of the pocket
19:15i'm gonna get a you would think a lot of chances are
19:20certainly the vast majority of the scoring chances are going to come from
19:23winning six
19:38it's just indicating that he didn't
19:47that was middle pockets we keep telling you they're so tight
20:02it wasn't a bad
20:06well that was a difficult red that ronnie decided to go for
20:17so
20:23an
20:26well
20:27it's
20:28it's
20:31it's
20:37it's
20:40it's
20:43What's too thick a contact, one, and he's made breaks of eight.
21:13Not a problem, doesn't cause him any sort of problem.
21:27The semi-final for Zhao Xintong, this is now three frames in a row, it's not a full-blown
21:33crisis, but...
21:40Silly and a best of 33, four-session match.
21:4535.
21:46Oh, no problem.
21:5242.
21:54Just a little screw to get absolutely prime position in the blue.
22:0648.
22:07They were very awkward, the balls, and it looked like we were going to have a fire, but even
22:16that's...
22:1754.
22:18It's going to be allowed in the 17-minute mark.
22:25Let's have a look at Zhao Xintong.
22:30Sullivan, 60.
22:31And the...
22:32Charles Xintong, he nods.
22:37One.
22:51Not expecting a lot of time to get the pop.
22:54Curtis Sullivan, one.
22:58One.
23:03Eight.
23:04Could do it this time, but it'd have to be around the angles, as he judged it to perfection.
23:22It's pretty good.
23:2414.
23:25They're an absolutely beautiful, grew through the right side of the bunch, to the right
23:30side of the table.
23:31But that's a very...
23:3322.
23:34The angle's okay, but...
23:39One thing I don't want to do is miss the pot.
23:45One.
23:50Six.
23:51No, he's going up to the bulk end.
24:06He could have potentially cannoned that red to the left of the black.
24:13He doesn't want to start missing too many like that.
24:18The poor miss from Bronny.
24:21One.
24:22Fair.
24:23It's one.
24:25He's lost three frames in a row.
24:4225.
24:4925.
24:54Couldn't have played it any better.
24:5933.
25:04Needs one more red.
25:09What was that for a strike?
25:16Cube bullet that was up.
25:24It's not far away.
25:25Doesn't matter about the black.
25:29Doesn't matter about the black.
25:32One.
25:53One.
25:57I would love to play for the red, or get on the red to the left of the black spot.
26:01That's why I didn't play for the black there.
26:06Six.
26:15That just shows you how difficult it is to control.
26:21Fourteen.
26:27That's finished a little off.
26:34Twenty-two.
26:48Twenty.
26:50Wonderful shot.
26:53Just a little facial expression.
26:57Thirty-six.
26:58Forty-four.
27:03Fifty-four.
27:04Fifty-eight.
27:05Fifty-eight.
27:06Fifty-eight.
27:07You would say vintage O'Sullivan in terms of pristine, can you see that black was the highlight,
27:10screwing off the bunch of reds with Czech side.
27:11Sixty-six.
27:12Might
27:16Fifty.
27:25Fifty.
27:26You would say vintage or Sullivan in terms of pristine, can you see that black was the highlight, screwing off the bunch of reds with Czech side.
27:36Sixty-six.
27:39Might just prevent the century break, you know.
27:45Seventy-four.
27:48But not a problem.
27:55Walk with reds.
27:57Eighty-two.
28:01No, he's missed the black.
28:14We're a long way off the pot.
28:20We're a long way off the pot.
28:33Fight of the black.
28:34One.
28:37He's not going to keep missing then.
28:42Played his last shot of this session.
28:45Yeah, over there.
28:51Yeah, for whatever reason he didn't fancy that shot.
28:54That red.
28:56To right corner.
28:57And thought, maybe he's not confident enough in his cue.
29:03I might be wrong, but it looked to me like he didn't back himself to hit the middle.
29:07That's my guess.
29:08Eighteen.
29:09But it's a dream semi-final, really.
29:19You've got the seven times champion up against.
29:22Twenty.
29:24Twenty-two.
29:25From China to lift the world title.
29:26So it's a...
29:28We'll win a world title this year.
29:31Maybe one, maybe a year or two.
29:34Twenty-two.
29:35Twenty-two.
29:44Roan O'Sullivan.
29:46It's definitely not his best, Roan O'Sullivan, Dennis, but it's still...
29:51The moment.
29:53But that...
29:56is good enough.
29:57Red's going in the direction of the...
29:59Seven.
30:00The left corner pocket, that.
30:03It's another wonderful split.
30:06What a...
30:09Eleven.
30:10Wow, he's got...
30:19Nineteen.
30:21It's our...
30:22No excuses for not winning this frame now for Chelsea.
30:27Twenty-seven.
30:28Especially in this place.
30:29You get to the semi-final stage of the world championship.
30:32You're not supposed to...
30:33Because obviously you're up against the best players.
30:36Thirty-five.
30:37Thirty-five.
30:48Forty-three.
30:49On that last red, it's next to the pink.
30:52Fifty-one.
30:53Fifty-one.
30:54As.
30:57Fifty-one.
30:58As.
31:08Fifty-one.
31:09Wow, good job it's the last frame.
31:1666.
31:17And look at this.
31:2068.
31:22With balls all over the crucible floor.
31:27I think 4-4 is fair, Dennis.
31:29Absolutely, and it's been very...
31:31I think it's been a fascinating watch.
31:337-5.
31:35And it's only going to get better.
31:3880.
31:44For tomorrow morning.
31:50That's a big pocket, that, Steven.
31:52That's where this could go out onto the street.
31:56All around the standing of agent from the crucible floor.