Ronnie O’Sullivan lived up to his status as a heavy favorite by defeating Ali Carter 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of the Tianjin International Championship.

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Nicknamed “Rocket”, he conceded the first frame of the game, but then led and even managed to pull away (probably decisively) to 4-2.

However, Carter (11th in the world) was able to bounce back (also amid a slump in Ronnie’s game) and add drama to the dispute in the quarters as he leveled at 4.

However, O’Sullivan was the more inspired player at the end of the game and the victory came after the world leader won the last two frames of the match (6-4).

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Ronnie O’Sullivan will fight Anda Zhang for the grand final.

International championship, results of the quarter

Jordan Brown – Stephen Maguire 6-5

Tom Ford – Barry Hawkins 6-4

Ronnie O’Sullivan – Eli Carter 6-4

Anda Zhang – Ding Junhui 6-3

The schedule of the semifinals of the international championship

Tom Ford (No. 20) – Jordan Brown (43)

Ronnie O’Sullivan (1) – Anda Zhang (37)

The matches will take place on Friday (Ford v Brown) and Saturday (O’Sullivan v Zhang) and the competition will be available live on Eurosport. It will be played according to the best of 17 frames system.

The international championship takes place from November 5 to 12 at the Tianjin People’s Stadium and has a total prize fund of £825,000. The biggest break was made by Ryan Day (147). The champion of the last edition (2019) is Judd Trump.

Quarter-finals are awarded £21,500, semi-finals £32,000, finalist £75,000 and grand champion £175,000.

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