Five-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan faces a battle to stay in the World Championship after Mark Williams hit form to build a commanding lead at the Crucible on Monday. Welshman Williams, 45, seeking a fourth world title of his own, won five consecutive frames to take a 6-2 overnight advantage in the best-of-25 quarter-final. The duo shared the opening four frames before the mid-session interval, including a century from O'Sullivan. Williams edged a scrappy fifth frame before propelling himself into a healthy position with breaks of 72, 56 and a superb 130. 'All of those players look up to Ronnie and he has a duty to them as an ambassador to the game.

Source: Daily Mail August 10, 2020 21:50 UTC