Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I akiaki a Ronnie O'Sullivan i nga kaihanga hu o Ingarangi kia whakaorangia ia i te mamae o te Crucible i muri i te whiwhinga i nga takirua e toru i roto i te timatanga koretake ki tana kaupapa Betfred World Snooker Championship. Ko te toa o mua e rima nga wa he toa 10-3 ki a Craig Steadman, he 32-tau-tau mai i Manchester i whakamana i te timatanga mamae o Crucible. I whara hoki a O<unk>Sullivan, i muri i tana whiwhinga ki te 16 o nga tau whakamutunga <unk> na te koretake o ona hu i pa ki a ia. I eke a Ronnie O'Sullivan ki te rauna tuarua o te Whakataetae o te Ao Snooker i te Wenerei. I whiua e te toa o te ao e rima nga wa a Craig Steadman 10-3 i to raatau whakataetae tuatahi i te Crucible. I raru pea ia ki te utu mo te £ 250 mo te takaro poto kaore he hu, engari na te mea kua rite a O<unk>Sullivan ki te whakaae ki tetahi atu takirua rahi e waru i tukuna ki a ia, i whakatau nga apiha whakataetae kaore he take mo te takahi i te waehere kakahu hei whakautu. Ko te kaitakaro i manakohia i keri i tetahi hu tawhito mo nga kakahu kakahu mo te takaro o inanahi, i a ia e huri ana i te 7-2 i te po, i mua i te tuku i tetahi karanga mo te awhina. Mēnā kei te hiahia tētahi o ngā kaihanga hu nui ki te haere mai, ki te whakarite i tētahi hu hou māku, tonoa mai ō kōtiro ki raro. Kāore au e pai ki te kore", te kī a O'Sullivan. <unk>E manako ana ahau ki tētahi hu hou, ā, e hiahia ana ahau ki te āwhina.<unk> Ka tūtaki a O<unk>Sullivan ki a Matthew Stevens i te rauna tuarua i muri i tana whiunga i tana hoa Welshman a Mark Williams 10-2. I ārahi a O'Sullivan i te 7-2 i te pō, ā, i hoki mai ia i te ata o te Rāapa ki te wikitōria i ngā kāmera whakamutunga e toru e hiahiatia ana e ia. I wikitoria a O'Sullivan i runga i te whānuitanga whānui engari kaore i eke ki te taumata tiketike i tana tukinga tuatahi. I raru te 39-tau-tau ki ona hu i te wa o te huihuinga i te ahiahi o te Turei. I kitea a O'Sullivan e tākaro ana i roto i ngā kākahu i te Rātū, ā, tērā pea ka whiua ia ki te utu iti mō te takahi i te ture kākahu.
Ka whiua e Ronnie O'Sullivan a Craig Steadman 10-3 i Te Tihi. Ko te toa o te ao e rima nga wa i eke 7-2 i te po kotahi. I wikitoria a O'Sullivan i ngā kāmera whakamutunga e toru i hiahiatia e ia i te ata o te Wenerei. I tukuna te 39-tau-tau ki te huri i ona hu i te Turei.