Ronnie O'Sullivan

Ronnie O'Sullivan accused referee Olivier Marteel of “looking for trouble” after an angry exchange marred the opening day of the World Snooker Championship ...

He needs to deal with it, not me.” I just get that vibe from the guy. Although Trump did gather himself and stop the rot with a break of 80 in the next, O’Sullivan eased through the final two frames of the night with breaks of 60 and 88. A 66 to go 6-4, a third century of the match to go three in front, then three frames in a row in which O’Sullivan pounced on errors by his opponent swept the world number one into a six-frame lead. At the end of the session, O’Sullivan neglected to share a customary fist-bump with Marteel, who is officiating in his second world final, although the pair did shake hands prior to the start of the evening session. Marteel gave O’Sullivan what World Snooker Tour later confirmed was a “formal warning” for a “gesture” he made after failing to get out of a snooker, prompting a plainly irritated O’Sullivan to challenge the official to check the camera and insist he “saw nothing”.

Ronnie O'Sullivan has been warned he could forfeit a frame and even the World Snooker Championship final if he continues to clash and argue with referee ...

If it happens for a third time, O’Sullivan will forfeit the match. Marteel was clearly frustrated with the 46-year-old after O’Sullivan returned to his seat following a snooker in the eighth frame. He needs to deal with it, not me.”

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There is no one dominating the sport like he did, like Tiger Woods did.” It says something of the class of both men that Hendry was just as effusive about O’Sullivan. “No one does it better,” he said. And Hendry did all this despite never being a darling of the masses, like the Rocket or Whirlwind. We hear a lot of talk about the benefits of home advantage in sport but Hendry usually had the crowd against him – and worse. But the Scot was able to surpass it in 1994, beating White 18-17 in the final despite fracturing an elbow while going to the bathroom in the middle of the night earlier in the tournament. Back then Hendry could pot with the best of them and he was also blessed with a natural immunity to pressure. Perhaps the crucial moment came at 14-9 down as Hendry, with the cue ball in the jaws of the middle pocket, rolled in a brilliant brown. It is not just that Maradona pogos up and down with the ball seemingly glued to his head.

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Three years later, he turned professional and won 74 of his first 76 qualifying matches. His mother was then sentenced to a year in 1996 for tax evasion and their son was left to care for his eight-year-old sister Danielle. His father, Ronnie O’Sullivan Snr, was sentenced to life in prison in 1992 for murder and was released after serving 18 years. His first world final came in 2001 and he defeated John Higgins 18-14 to claim first world title and reach number two in the world rankings. But reports now suggest that the pair are back together. He made his first competitive century break at the age of 10 and went on to win the British Under-16 Championship at the age of 13.

CENTURY break specialist Ronnie O'Sullivan is one of the most successful snooker players to grace the table.And he can potentially clinch a record-equ.

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He is also the youngest ever winner, having been only 21 when he claimed his first title in 1990. O’Sullivan already holds the record for most maximum breaks in professional tournament snooker with 15 and he has also completed the feat in the shortest time – with his maiden 147 at the 1997 World Championship taking just five minutes and 20 seconds. In the unlikely event that Ronnie O’Sullivan can make another maximum in the last day of the tournament he will break the record, win an additional £40,000 and share the £15,000 highest break price with Neil Robertson – who has already had a 147 break this year.

Ronnie O'Sullivan made a strong start to the World Championship final, racing into a 5-3 lead over Judd Trump at the Crucible.

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Jimmy White and Alan McManus have hailed Ronnie O'Sullivan's commanding performance so far in the World Championship final against Judd Trump.

"Trump is below-par, we have to say that. The pair return on Monday afternoon for eight more frames, with Trump needing at least three to ensure the tournament showdown heads to the final session. Hecomplained early on about a security guard, invited referee Olivier Martell to "try it then"in an argument about a ball placement, and then had another extraordinary spat with him later on.

Six-time champion embroiled in row with referee Oliver Marteel.

Errors blighted both players’ progress in the next, Trump under-hitting a straight black and O’Sullivan responding by firing a red well wide, before Trump got over the line to make it 13-9. Trump won the first three frames of the afternoon as O’Sullivan struggled to get started, running out of position in the opener then missing a simple straight red in the next to hand his opponent the initiative. O’Sullivan resorted to using a cigarette lighter to try to tidy up his troublesome tip in the last frame of the afternoon, by which point the prospect of Trump becoming only the fourth player to lose a world final with a session to spare had long disappeared.

Ronnie O'Sullivan's quest for a record-equalling seventh Crucible title was under threat as Judd Trump won six of the eight frames of the penultimate ...

O’Sullivan eased the pressure when he capitalised on a missed black by Trump to take the next, but a superb 105 by Trump – which also tied the record for the total number of centuries in a single World Championship at 108 – left it with all to play for heading into Monday evening’s conclusion. And in a pivotal 23rd frame, it was O’Sullivan who made the most costly of a series of blunders when he rolled a red into the jaws, allowing Trump to stage a nerve-jangling clearance to pink to move within three frames. Trump won the first three frames of the afternoon as O’Sullivan struggled to get started, running out of position in the opener then missing a simple straight red in the next to hand his opponent the initiative.

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He hasn't put Ronnie under any sort of pressure. "Trump is below-par, we have to say that. His cue-ball control is there.