RONNIE O’SULLIVAN was blown away at the Crucible to see his hopes of a record eighth title dashed by Luca Brecel.
The Belgian ace had never won a match at the World Championship in five previous visits but reeled off seven frames in a row to reach the semi-finals with a 13-10 victory.
‘The Rocket’ was celebrating the milestone of a record 100th appearance at the Sheffield theatre but world No.10 Brecel rained all over his parade with a stunning comeback win.
Brecel had prepared for this success in novel fashion, indulging an all-day drinking bender back home.
He had already claimed after his first-round win against Ricky Walden that his build-up had been “the worst”, with only 15 minutes practise.
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