Ronnie O’Sullivan v Wu Yize live stream | World Open Semi-Final preview
O’Sullivan locks horns with Wu for a place in Sunday’s final (Credit: Liu Lixin/China News Service/Alamy Live News)
Ronnie O’Sullivan goes head to head with Wu Yize in a mouth-watering World Open semi-final, 24 hours after making history in Yushan.
The owner of many snooker records during his illustrious career, the Rocket added another to his collection with a wonderful 16-red clearance of 153 during the opening frame of his quarter-final victory over Ryan Day.
It represented the highest break in snooker history, surpassing the 148 compiled by Jamie Burnett at the 2004 UK Championship qualifiers.
O’Sullivan also had contributions of 110, 103, 95 and 62 on the way to a resounding 5-0 whitewash of Day, which set up a last-four clash with a player he recently subjected to high levels of praise.
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Indeed, the seven-time World champion labelled 22-year-old Wu a future Crucible king who would be world number one in “the next three years”, while also describing him as a “modern-day Steve Davis”.
The Rocket has been firing on all cylinders at Yushan Sport Centre this week, dropping just four frames in as many matches.
Ross Muir was swept aside 5-1 and Matthew Selt was whitewashed 5-0 – after first-round opponent Ishpreet Singh Chadha’s withdrawal – while he also beat Shaun Murphy 5-3 on the way to a 96th ranking semi-final.
Saturday marks only the seventh ranking semi-final appearance of Wu’s fledgling career, but his fourth at this stage of any tournament this season.
The Chinese has built on the momentum of his breakthrough ranking triumph at the International Championship in November, also reaching the Masters semi-finals and securing a place at the 12-man Tour Championship.
This week, Wu saw off former World champions Stuart Bingham and Kyren Wilson, before breaks of 140, 109, 83, 77 helped seal a dominant 5-1 victory over Mark Allen in the quarter-finals.
We are set for an eagerly anticipated clash of youth versus experience, with Judd Trump or Thepchaiya Un-Nooh awaiting the winner in Sunday’s final.
The match breaks off at 6am GMT (2pm local time) on Saturday and will be contested over the best of 11 frames at Yushan Sport Centre.
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