Ronnie O'Sullivan cruises past Matthew Stevens in convincing victory at UK Championship 2022
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Updated 14/11/2022 at 18:08 GMT
It was a fine afternoon's work for Ronnie O'Sullivan after he eased into round two of the UK Championships with a 6-2 win over Matthew Stevens. Despite not being at his best, O'Sullivan hit two century breaks, as Stevens failed to take advantage of several opportunities.. O'Sullivan will face the winner of Yan Bingtao and Zhou Yuelong in the next round.
O’Sullivan makes 129th UK Championship century in less than six minutes
Ronnie O’Sullivan sailed into the second round of the UK Championships after a relatively comfortable 6-2 victory over Matthew Stevens,
The Rocket, who revealed he was not really enjoying his snooker before today's game , was far from his best but did enough to come through.
O'Sullivan won the first frame with a break of 81, before Stevens levelled things up when O'Sullivan missed a simple red in the next frame which allowed the Welshman to clear up the table.
His joy was short-lived though, as O'Sullivan re-established his lead with a break of 94 to secure the third frame and made his 129th century at the UK Championship to take a 3-1 lead going into the mid-session interval.
Stevens got himself back into the match by winning a scrappy fifth frame, but O'Sullivan opened up a two-frame lead again by winning the sixth.
O'Sullivan win the next two frames to seal the match, concluding with another century to book his place into the next round.
There was a moment in the final frame where O'Sullivan was on a 147 early on, but he elected to play things safe.
He will play Zhou Yuelong in round two on Wednesday, after the Chinese player beat his compatriot Yan Bingtao 6-5 in a thrilling match.
Bingtao the latest seed to drop
Yan became the fifth top-16 player to be knocked out from the UK Championship after less than three full days of action in York.
The 2021 Masters champion hit back from 2-0 down to go 5-3 up, but couldn't get over the line.
Zhou dug deep to win the final three frames in a match full of drama.
Mark Williams and Stuart Bingham are in action on Monday evening.
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