{"id":357995,"date":"2026-03-21T15:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/357995\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T15:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:44:12","slug":"watch-ronnie-osullivan-backs-up-his-record-break-with-another-epic-clearance-to-reach-world-open-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/357995\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan backs up his record break with another epic clearance to reach World Open final"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan made a historic 153 break at the World Open in Yushan (Danny Lawson\/PA)<\/p>\n

Ronnie O’Sullivan backed up his record break of 153<\/a> as he won a tense deciding frame against China’s Wu Yize at the World Open to reach a first ranking final in more than two years.<\/p>\n

The seven-time world champion was never behind against Wu, but he struggled to make it over the finish line to seal a 6-5 win.<\/p>\n

Wu looked set to steal the victory as he opened up with a break of 43 in the deciding frame, but 5O’Sullivan punished a poor safety shot by sinking a long red and he then held his nerve with an impressive clearance of 89.<\/p>\n

The win ensured O’Sullivan moved into his 66th final in a ranking event and his first since January 2024.<\/p>\n

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Despite his improved displays, O\u2019Sullivan admits he is still some way short of his best form.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t feel great on any shot to be honest with you,\u201d said O\u2019Sullivan. <\/p>\n

\u201cAt least here I feel like I can get the cue through the ball, make some breaks, get the white moving about. There\u2019s certain shots I just don\u2019t have in my locker. At the moment, I\u2019m just grateful to have what I\u2019ve got.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan made a historic 153 break at the World Open in Yushan (Danny Lawson\/PA) Ronnie O’Sullivan backed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,898,112],"class_list":["post-357995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-latest-news-ticker","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}