Snooker news - Ronnie O'Sullivan finishes in style to beat Carrington and reach third round

ByEurosport

Updated 12/02/2020 at 22:15 GMT

Ronnie O’Sullivan produced a strong finish to beat Stuart Carrington 4-2 and reach the third round of the Welsh Open.

Ronnie O'Sullivan (Welsh Open)

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Crowd-favourite O'Sullivan looked out-of-sorts early on, but discovered his groove with the score at 2-1, rattling in three straight frames and finishing it off with a superb break of 96.

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The Rocket will face Anthony Hamilton in the next round.

Speaking to Eurosport immediately after his win, O'Sullivan said:

I enjoyed it out there, it was a nice crowd and Stuart was solid, he made me work hard for it - I was lucky to win that tonight.

"I believe if I play my best I fancy my chances against whoever I play," he added. "You can only go out there and try to play to your best, and if you don't then there are some more variables in it I suppose."

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O'Sullivan looked to be in for a tricky test against Carrington as he fell 2-1 behind.

Carrington had a chance to extend his advantage in the fourth frame but, after cutting O’Sullivan’s lead to 52-45, missed a red into the corner.

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O’Sullivan took full advantage of the mistake, winning the frame to level at 2-2 and then raising his game in impressive fashion as he raced to victory, finishing with a break of 96.

John Higgins eased into the third round with a 4-1 win over Ken Doherty while Kyren Wilson won 4-2 against Liam Highfield and Ali Carter suffered a surprise 4-0 defeat to Gerard Greene.

Stuart Bingham made breaks of 110 and 99 as he won 4-1 against Chen Feilong.

Earlier in the day, Judd Trump, Mark Selby and Mark Williams safely advanced to the third round.

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