Ronnie O’Sullivan exits the UK Championship as Ding Junhui

Ronnie O’Sullivan crashed in the quarter-finals of the Cazoo UK Championships in York after being defeated 6-0 by Ding Junhui.

World number one O’Sullivan was whitewashed in a Triple Crown event for the first time in his 30-year career and scored just four points from the last four frames.

It’s great teamwork. After that I just said to him ‘You played great, go win, do the job’,” said the 46-year-old, who has won the UK title seven times. Ding fans.

“Some days you play and you do very well and some days you don’t. It was just one of those days, what can you do? Thirty years into the game, I’ve had a few hits along the way.

Ding punished O’Sullivan for several errors in the first two frames played, and from 2-0 down, the Chinese world number 38 has never looked back.

The 35-year-old compiled consecutive breaks of 88, 94, 87 and 131 in each of the next four frames to close in on the £250,000 winner’s prize and his fourth UK title after winning the event in 2005, 2009 and 2019. .

Ding will meet Tom Ford in the semi-finals on Saturday afternoon after the world number 32 defeated Joe Perry 6-4 in the quarter-finals.

Ronnie O’Sullivan crashed in the quarter-finals of the Cazoo UK Championships in York after being defeated 6-0 by Ding Junhui.

World number one O’Sullivan was whitewashed in a Triple Crown event for the first time in his 30-year career and scored just four points from the last four frames.

It’s great teamwork. After that I just said to him ‘You played great, go win, do the job’,” said the 46-year-old, who has won the UK title seven times. Ding fans.

“Some days you play and you do very well and some days you don’t. It was just one of those days, what can you do? Thirty years into the game, I’ve had a few hits along the way.

Ding punished O’Sullivan for several errors in the first two frames played, and from 2-0 down, the Chinese world number 38 has never looked back.

The 35-year-old compiled consecutive breaks of 88, 94, 87 and 131 in each of the next four frames to close in on the £250,000 winner’s prize and his fourth UK title after winning the event in 2005, 2009 and 2019. .

Ding will meet Tom Ford in the semi-finals on Saturday afternoon after the world number 32 defeated Joe Perry 6-4 in the quarter-finals.

Ronnie O’Sullivan crashed in the quarter-finals of the Cazoo UK Championships in York after being defeated 6-0 by Ding Junhui.

World number one O’Sullivan was whitewashed in a Triple Crown event for the first time in his 30-year career and scored just four points from the last four frames.

It’s great teamwork. After that I just said to him ‘You played great, go win, do the job’,” said the 46-year-old, who has won the UK title seven times. Ding fans.

“Some days you play and you do very well and some days you don’t. It was just one of those days, what can you do? Thirty years into the game, I’ve had a few hits along the way.

Ding punished O’Sullivan for several errors in the first two frames played, and from 2-0 down, the Chinese world number 38 has never looked back.

The 35-year-old compiled consecutive breaks of 88, 94, 87 and 131 in each of the next four frames to close in on the £250,000 winner’s prize and his fourth UK title after winning the event in 2005, 2009 and 2019. .

Ding will meet Tom Ford in the semi-finals on Saturday afternoon after the world number 32 defeated Joe Perry 6-4 in the quarter-finals.

Ronnie O’Sullivan crashed in the quarter-finals of the Cazoo UK Championships in York after being defeated 6-0 by Ding Junhui.

World number one O’Sullivan was whitewashed in a Triple Crown event for the first time in his 30-year career and scored just four points from the last four frames.

It’s great teamwork. After that I just said to him ‘You played great, go win, do the job’,” said the 46-year-old, who has won the UK title seven times. Ding fans.

“Some days you play and you do very well and some days you don’t. It was just one of those days, what can you do? Thirty years into the game, I’ve had a few hits along the way.

Ding punished O’Sullivan for several errors in the first two frames played, and from 2-0 down, the Chinese world number 38 has never looked back.

The 35-year-old compiled consecutive breaks of 88, 94, 87 and 131 in each of the next four frames to close in on the £250,000 winner’s prize and his fourth UK title after winning the event in 2005, 2009 and 2019. .

Ding will meet Tom Ford in the semi-finals on Saturday afternoon after the world number 32 defeated Joe Perry 6-4 in the quarter-finals.