World Snooker Championship - Ronnie O'Sullivan facing battle as dominant Anthony McGill assumes lead

ByAlexander Netherton

Updated 23/04/2021 at 11:36 GMT

Scotland's Anthony McGill was in outstanding form on Friday morning when he took on Ronnie O'Sullivan in the second session of their match at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield. He moved into a dominant 10-6 lead ahead of the third session, which is due to start at 8pm on Friday evening, in the best of 25 clash.

Anthony McGill was in superb form as he raced into a 10-6 lead against Ronnie O’Sullivan in the World Snooker Championship.

The pair began the day at 4-4 with the encounter very finely poised before the Scot took advantage of mistakes and pulled away.

O’Sullivan kicked off the morning session with a controversial opening shot, copying Mark Williams’ dribbling effort up and behind the reds, but McGill was up to the task and converted an open red to kickstart a frame win.

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A break of 71 was enough to secure the second frame to move into a 6-4 lead, before making it 7-4 with his 27th century of the season, and sixth consecutive frame of the match.

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O’Sullivan pulled it back to 8-5 with a break of 92, before McGill reasserted his four-frame advantage with his second century of the session, of 102.

A 58 in the 15th frame gave McGill hope of a swift victory when the players returned for the evening session as he again pulled away from the Rocket.

The reigning world champion then gave himself a flicker of hope with a break of 69 at the end of the session before the restart at 8pm on Friday evening.

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