- World No 1 takes six frames in a row in first-round comeback win
- Shaun Murphy beaten 10-8 by Stephen Maguire
Ronnie O’Sullivan completed his comeback from 3-0 down to defeat David Gilbert 10-5 at the World Snooker Championship, but another former champion, Shaun Murphy, was edged out 10-8 by Stephen Maguire.
From 8-7 up, Murphy missed a straightforward red into a middle pocket and then failed to pot a ball until Maguire had built a decent lead in frame 18. The Scot did give up a couple of openings but Murphy, by now needing a snooker, rattled the final red in the jaws allowing Maguire to pot it and then leave a snooker. When the Englishman’s escape left the yellow over a pocket, it was all over.
