- Hossein Vafaei trails 6-2 after wild break-off in second frame
- Mark Williams is knocked out 13-11 by Belgian Luca Brecel
Hossein Vafaei smashed into the balls from his opening break as he fell 6-2 behind to Ronnie O’Sullivan in their second-round match at the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible.
The Iranian had been strongly critical of O’Sullivan in the buildup to the match, the pair having clashed at a German Masters qualifying tie in 2021 in which Vafaei said he felt disrespected by O’Sullivan playing a wild break-off shot.
