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[ad_1] Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield Dates: 15 April-1 MayCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV and Red Button with uninterrupted coverage on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport appDefending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan cruised into the World Championship quarter-finals with an emphatic 13-2 victory over Hossein Vafaei.The seven-time world champion resumed 6-2 ahead and triumphed with a session to spare after a breath-taking display.”It’s the World Championship, these are the tournaments you put everything into,” O’Sullivan told BBC Sport.Debutant Jak Jones sprang a huge upset with a 13-7 victory over former world champion Neil Robertson.World number one O’Sullivan,…

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[ad_1] Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield Dates: 15 April-1 MayCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV and Red Button with uninterrupted coverage on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport appHossein Vafaei was branded “disrespectful” after a controversial start to his World Championship grudge match with defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan.The qualifier, from Iran, upset BBC commentators Stephen Hendry and John Virgo when he smashed the pack of reds from the break-off in the second frame.O’Sullivan went on to establish a 6-2 lead after the pair’s opening session.”To me, it’s disrespectful to play that shot,” said Virgo on BBC One.”It’s…

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[ad_1] Vafaei is the only player from Iran to have appeared at the CrucibleVenue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield Dates: 15 April-1 MayCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV and Red Button with uninterrupted coverage on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport appHossein Vafaei says he has the “opportunity for revenge” against defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan in the World Championship second round.Vafaei made breaks of 117, 122, 68, 57 and 89 to convert a 5-4 overnight deficit into a 10-6 win over Ding Junhui in Sheffield on Monday.The Iranian last year called on seven-time champion O’Sullivan to retire, saying…

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