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Sunday Mercury
|May 04, 2025
WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT PAST WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIPS MOMENTS
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RONNIE O'Sullivan is preparing to start “a new life somewhere else”, revealing he will soon be moving to the Middle East after crashing out of the World Snooker Championship with a heavy semi-final defeat.
O'Sullivan's bid for an eighth Crucible crown ended in a humiliating 17-7 loss to Zhao Xintong with a session to spare on Friday after the Chinese star won all eight frames in the morning before finishing the job in the evening.
Prior to his arrival in Sheffield, the 49-year-old had not played on the tour since he withdrew midway through his Championship League group in January - snapping his cue after losing four of his five matches.
This story is from the May 04, 2025 edition of Sunday Mercury.
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