World Snooker Championship 2023 results: Ronnie O’Sullivan maintains healthy lead over Luca Brecel

Seven-time champion Ronnie O’Sullivan maintained a healthy 10-6 lead over Luca Brecel of their World Championship quarter-final.

Having trailed 6-2 when play resumed, Brecel opened with an excellent 128 break and likewise made two half-centuries as he fought again to 6-4 and 8-6.

However, O’Sullivan’s superior match-play noticed him repeatedly reply.

And two half-centuries of his personal noticed him stay heading in the right direction for a 14th Crucible semi-final.

O’Sullivan and Brecel’s best-of-25 match might be performed to a conclusion on Wednesday afternoon (14:30 BST) with the winner set to face both Anthony McGill or Si Jiahui within the semi-finals.

It proved a disappointing finale to Tuesday night’s session for Belgium’s Brecel, who exhibited loads of spirit and produced some beautiful pots alongside the best way as he tried to make up floor after shedding the ultimate 4 frames of the morning session.

However, the 28-year-old was additionally responsible of some erratic security and taking over a number of high-tariff pictures that introduced O’Sullivan with alternatives to complete the evening together with his four-frame benefit intact.

Meanwhile, Mark Allen and Jak Jones stay inseparable after ending their second session degree at 8-8.

Resuming at 4-4, Welsh qualifier Jones, 29, took the primary of a number of scrappy frames within the night earlier than Northern Ireland’s Allen reeled off three on the trot to open up a 7-5 lead on the interval.

Jones repeated that feat, with a fluked purple to the fitting center laying the platform for his second half-century of the evening to maneuver 8-7 forward.

Allen 37, who has already gained three rating occasions this time period, restored parity with a break of 61 to depart the match finely balanced when it will get again beneath means on Wednesday morning (10:00 BST).

Six-time world champion Steve Davis talking on BBC Two

Luca stopped the rot but it surely regarded prefer it might have been loads higher. It was an opportunity for him to get at Ronnie who was not on full type.

If it was me I’d be completely relieved that I’d been outplayed for many of that session and bought away with it. It provides you energy realizing the opposite man has performed nearly in addition to he can among the many balls and nonetheless cannot overcome you.

Luca needs to be pondering he had an opportunity there to even perhaps win that session 6-2 to get on degree phrases. He missed a few pots.