RONNIE O’SULLIVAN WITHSTANDS SCAR IN ENGLISH OPEN FIRST ROUND

In an exciting match, Ronnie O’Sullivan overcame a two-frame deficit and used luck to win 4-3 against Jamie O’Neill.

The World No. 2 and favorite for the English Open, O’Neill rose to the pressure in Crawley, scoring just nine points in the first two frames and finding it difficult to get into his often-imperious rhythm.

O’Neill took the lead again with a break of 59, but O’Sullivan responded with breaks of 90 and 102 to tie the score.

And O’Neill seized charge once more, appearing to be in control of the second round. However, a tense foul, which resulted in O’Neill hitting the red ball with his cue, gave O’Sullivan the sixth frame, needing just one more trip to the table.

And O’Sullivan proved to have the greater experience as he completed the decisive set with a break of 81.
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Mark Davis, the 2018 finalist, will play 2016 English Open champion Liang Wenbo on Tuesday, while Kyren Wilson will play another former world champion, Graeme Dott.
A player who can win all four of the Home Nations Series events in the same season will get a £1 million prize. The English Open is one of the four events in the series, along with the Northern Ireland Open, the Scottish Open, and the Welsh Open.
COMPLETE DRAW
The £366,000 in prize money that the 128 players are vying for is split as follows.