World Snooker Championship 2025: Ronnie O'Sullivan punches table in shock reaction as his frustration builds during quarter-final against Si Jiahui
ByOli Gent
Updated 30/04/2025 at 11:59 GMT+1
Ronnie O'Sullivan reacted by punching the table to show his frustrations during his World Snooker Championship quarter-final. The Rocket was up against Chinese player Si Jiahui, and was 7-3 up when his form began to falter. He first potted a fluky red at the beginning of the 11th frame, before he potted the pink at 28-0, although he demonstrated his discontentment with his play with a punch.
'Saw what he thought of that!' - O'Sullivan punches table in 'frustration' after pot
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Ronnie O'Sullivan showed his frustrations during his World Snooker Championship quarter-final as he punched the table on Wednesday.
O'Sullivan, chasing an eighth title at the Crucible, was up by seven frames to three and had a 28-0 lead over his opponent, Si Jiahui, before he potted the pink ball, but that did not stop him landing a fist on the table.
The current world No. 5 had built up a strong lead in the first session of the last-eight encounter on Tuesday, going in 6-2 up.
He had hit three consecutive half-centuries to win frames three, four and five - a perfect response to Si's second-frame century that had levelled proceedings.
In the morning session, however, O'Sullivan looked disgruntled with his showing, leading to him punching the table in the 11th frame.
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In the TNT Sports commentary box, David Hendon and Dominic Dale could sense O'Sullivan's anger.
"You saw what he thought about that," Hendon said. "Not a lot."
"Punches the table in frustration," Dale observed.
O'Sullivan, the 23-time Triple Crown champion, had fluked a red pot in the early stages of the 11th frame before he punched the table, and with both players yet to add to the scoreboard, O'Sullivan somehow managed to find a singular point.
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'What a time for a fluke' - O’Sullivan flukes tricky red in the 11th frame against Si
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Looking to play a safety shot, O'Sullivan in fact managed to muster a pot - although it wasn't one that he had intended.
You could tell that from the stony expression Si wore as the camera cut to him after the pot, with the Chinese player far from impressed with The Rocket's good fortune.
"What a time for a fluke because it wasn't the best safety," Hendon said on TNT Sports commentary.
"Cue ball cannon on the green, a red came up towards that right-centre pocket. It would have been pottable for Si Jiahui."
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