Ronnie O'Sullivan hits 900th career century in semi-final win over Anthony Hamilton

ByEurosport

Updated 11/11/2017 at 21:58 GMT

Ronnie O'Sullivan completed a 6-2 win over Anthony Hamilton to reach the Champion of Champions final in Coventry.

Ronnie O'Sullivan

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The five-times world champion hit his 900th career century as he recovered from a poor start, and going 2-0 down, to take six frames on the trot.

O'Sullivan picked up breaks of 124 and 109 in frames three and five after the two tightly contested opening encounters on the way to Sunday's final, where he will face either Shaun Murphy or Luca Brecel, who beat Mark Selby in his group final earlier in the week.

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He told ITV4: "I'm really pleased to get through. I know how good he can be. If I miss I know he can clean up.

At 2-0 down I was just thinking, 'life's good, you've got plenty going on...' but that made me relax and it came good.

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The Champion of Champions is an invitational event contested between the winners of the season's major tournaments over the past year starting from world champion Selby's victory at the UK Championship last December.

The second semi-final will take place on Saturday.

Champion of Champions results/schedule

Group Four fixtures (Thursday November 9)

Semi-finals
Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-1 Neil Robertson
John Higgins 4-0 Anthony McGill
Final
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-0 John Higgins

Group Three fixtures (Wednesday November 8)

Semi-finals
Mark Selby 4-3 Liang Wenbo
Judd Trump 0-4 Luca Brecel
Final
Mark Selby 4-6 Luca Brecel

Group Two results (Tuesday November 7)

Semi-finals
Marco Fu 3-4 Michael White
Shaun Murphy 4-2 Mark King
Final (best of 11 frames)
Michael White 4-6 Shaun Murphy

Group One results (Monday November 8)

Semi-finals
Ding Junhui 2-4 Anthony Hamilton
Barry Hawkins 2-4 Ryan Day
Final
Anthony Hamilton 6-4 Ryan Day

Semi-finals (best of 11 frames)

Friday November 10
Anthony Hamilton 2-6 Ronnie O'Sullivan

Saturday November 11
Shaun Murphy v Luca Brecel

Final (best of 19 frames)
Sunday November 12

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