What followed was a long, drawn out, torturous, saftey-dominated frame that Mark Selby eventually took. They need the kindness of people like Fred Done in order to keep up the remarkable work they do for children and their families. We fought so hard for three days, toe to toe, we both gave it everything.“It’s amazing to be in the final. The voice and mouth of a chipmunk. The frame came down to the last red and O’Sullivan was fortunate to trap his opponent in a tough snooker, and from the chance that followed he cleared with 33 to pulled one back.In the last frame of the session, Selby had one early chance but only made 8, and O’Sullivan made breaks of 46 and 41 to draw within two frames.Ronnie O’Sullivan came from 16-14 down to beat Mark Selby 17-16 in a thrilling contest at the Betfred World Championship to set up a final clash with Kyren Wilson.O’Sullivan took an instinctive, all-out-attack approach for much of the contest, often attempting outlandish pots rather than playing safe. We look forward to working with the fantastic Betfred team for many years to come.”Fred Done, Boss of Betfred, added: “I’m delighted to extend my association with the World Snooker Championship and I would like to take this opportunity to thank WST, the Crucible, BBC, Eurosport and especially the players for putting this event on in such challenging times.”Before the tournament started, Betfred pledged £200 for every century break to Jessie May, with the total to be rounded up to £25,000 if 80 centuries were made.In fact the ton count finished at 79, though champion Ronnie O’Sullivan narrowly missed out on another century in the last frame, running out of position on the last black on 96. It left him with huge scars.Ahead of this match, I expected Ronnie to go all out attack because of what he had said to Eurosport. For more information about Jessie May visit Ronnie O’Sullivan is just one frame away from a sixth Crucible triumph as he leads Kyren Wilson 17-8 in the final of the Betfred World Championship.From 10-8, O’Sullivan reeled off seven frames in a row to leave his opponent down and virtually out. I really struggled in the first session yesterday. To perform in an arena like this is an honour and I’m glad that a crowd was allowed in for the final.”And you can enjoy the end of the final frame and the trophy ceremony hereAfter two weeks, only two players remain and they started the battle for the trophy yesterday.Ronnie finished the day 10-7 ahead, but I’m not quite sure how. I know that a few readers of this blog will doubt the previous sentence, but I remember the 2011 German Masters Final, I remember how Mark Williams and Mark Selby both struggled to build any sort of telling break , missing all sorts because it was kicks galore, and I remember them complaining to the TD, saying that they were there to show their skills and entertain the crowd, and that the conditions were preventing them to do that and made them look silly.

He beat Neil Robertson 10–6 in the semi-finals and then defeated Shaun Murphy 11–9 in the final to win his first event of the season and successfully defended his title. 'The Warrior' Wilson was overawed early on but fought back by taking four in a row to trail 8-6 but he missed a crucial last red in the final frame of the day, allowing O'Sullivan to clear for a three-frame overnight buffer.Wilson started the second day with a confidence-boosting 73 to trail 10-8 but poor potting and loose positional play thereafter gifted opportunities to his opponent.O'Sullivan got into his rhythm by compiling seven frame-winning contributions without needing to do too much hard work, going one from victory heading into the final session.And he completed his triumph on snooker's biggest stage in style, needing just 11 minutes in the final session to make a 96 break.Ronnie is still there at the top and I'm sure he's capable of going even further. O’Sullivan has shown signs of frustration, notably in the last frame of the day when he rapped his knuckles on the table after letting a chance slip away.Friday could see a monumental battle for a place in the final, with a possible 17 frames still to be played.

It was clear that he wanted another chance to find an answer to Mark’s game, and the key to that was always going to be able to stay in control of the pace and style of the match. O’Sullivan struggled with his technique for much of the day but is still in front and edging closer to a sixth Crucible crown.

A break of 97 from three-time champion Selby squared the match.

When he missed, he was both frustrated and annoyed with himself.Mark leads by 9-7. A lot is made of the final black ball and it was dramatic, but the match itself was poor quality, and the decider was as well. Here we have two former World Champions – they have won this eight time between them – and there hasn’t been a single century in the match so far… The simple truth about yesterday’s outcome however is that Mark Selby coped much better than Ronnie with those difficult conditions and with the frustration they caused.That said, it was not 2014 all over again.

I tried to just relax, let the shackles off and go for it.“The night belongs to Ronnie, he was amazing in the final.

In the O'Sullivan also holds the record for the total number of Since then, O'Sullivan has won the following prize money amounts per season, leaving his career total at: In a tactical exchange, O’Sullivan was twice trapped in difficult snookers but managed to escape.

McGill made 22 before running out of position. Professionally arrogant and disrespectful of his opponent Selby, other ranked competitors and the sport generally.The voice and mouth of a chipmunk. O’Sullivan cleared to narrow the gap.Both players missed chances in frame 30 and it came down to a safety battle on the pink.