Ronnie O’Sullivan v Zhang Anda live stream | Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters preview
O’Sullivan and Zhang (Photo credit: Xinhua/Alamy)
Ronnie O’Sullivan resumes his quest for Saudi Arabia Masters glory with a tasty tie against in-form Zhang Anda on Wednesday.
O’Sullivan is looking to maintain his unbeaten record in Riyadh, having won the inaugural World Masters of Snooker back in March, before thrashing Lei Peifan 5-1 in his opener on Tuesday.
The Rocket came out on top in the historic invitational earlier this year, pocketing an eye-watering £250,000 by winning just 13 frames across three matches.
He returns to Riyadh eyeing a tilt at the £500,000 top prize in the first ranking tournament to be held in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with a prize fund equalling that of the World Championship.
O’Sullivan is seeded number five in the draw and is bidding for his first silverware of the season, having spent much of the early part of the campaign in Asia.
The seven-time World Champion saw his Shanghai Masters unbeaten run brought to an end by Judd Trump in the Semi-Finals and was also a beaten semi-finalist at the Xi’an Grand Prix little over a week ago.
He now faces the man who defeated him in the semi-finals of the International Championship last November en route to claiming his first ranking title.
Zhang has transformed his fortunes over the past 12 months, with further final appearances in the 2023 English Open and 2024 Players Championship catapulting him in to the world’s top 16.
The 32-year-old had previously never made it beyond the quarter-final stage of a ranking tournament prior to last season but has now established himself as one of the most dangerous operators on the tour.
He began his campaign in Riyadh in remarkable fashion, whitewashing Ben Woollaston 5-0 with breaks of 138, 138, 138 and 128 to his name.
Having lost his first three meetings with O’Sullivan, Zhang has won their last two contests and will be eyeing a rare hat-trick here.
The match gets under way at 6pm BST (8pm local time) and will be contested over the best of 11 frames at the Green Halls.
Either former Crucible semi-finalist Si Jiahui or former WST Classic finalist Pang Junxu will await the winner in the Quarter-Finals on Thursday.
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