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Snooker: Ronny O'Sullivan won the World Championship after a one-sided final and another stormy tournament

After the drama in the semi-finals, the controversial quotes and criticism from Mark Selby, O'Sullivan defeated Kieran Wilson 8:18 in a one-sided final and won the title for the sixth time in his career

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Ronny O'Sullivan won the World Snooker Championship today (Sunday) for the sixth time in his career, after beating Kieran Wilson 8:18 in the Sheffield final. For the 28-year-old Wilson it was his first appearance in the final, while for the 44-year-old Ronny Rocket it was his seventh appearance in the final and 28th in the prestigious tournament, with the Englishman winning 37 in a ranking tournament, a record achievement in the industry. O'Sullivan, the favorite player in the round and considered the most talented of all, also garnered a cash prize of £ 500,000.

For the first time this weekend fans were allowed to enter the Crossfield in Sheffield, after the government approved their entry into the championship, as part of an attempt to test the return of the crowd to sporting events. About 300 fans who were in the tournament over the weekend saw O'Sullivan complete the sixth win, equaling Ray Rearden and Steve Davis (the idol of his youth), who also won the industry's prestigious title six times. Stephen Hendry leads the list of seven trophy winners. O'Sullivan is the adult winner The most in the tournament since Reardon, who won at age 45 in 1978. This is the final with the largest gap in the final score (8:18), since O'Sullivan defeated Eli Carter by the same result in 2008.

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It should be noted that the big drama of the tournament occurred in the semi-finals, when both halves were decided in the last game and ended with a result of 16:17. O'Sullivan made a tremendous comeback when he looked helpless in front of his longtime rival Mark Selby who led 14:16 and needed just one game to qualify for the final. Selby dominated the match and could have led 9:14, but O'Sullivan managed to steal two games and shrink to 13:11. Selby managed to frustrate O'Sullivan, who seemed desperate and helpless, and in situations where it is customary to play defensive blows - "Rocket" played offensively and irresponsibly, with "crazy" blows. O'Sullivan eventually managed to complete the turnaround and qualify for the final after a particularly dramatic 16:17, but Selby criticized him for his conduct.

"I felt he was behaving disrespectfully, in the way he played," Selby said of O'Sullivan, "every time I put him in snooker, he just came to the table and hit the ball at 100km per hour, and it could have gone in any direction. Whether it was just a state of some kind, I felt a lack of respect on the part on the table. "

O'Sullivan, provoked another storm during the competition when he visited the young generation of snooker (and said" they are not so good, half amateurs, probably I have to lose an arm or leg In order for me to lose my place in the top-50 "), he responded to Selby's accusations and said:" Sometimes you want to hit as hard as you can in hopes of hitting with luck, because otherwise I could lose 40 points. Don't blame me, blame the rules on the offenses (which lead to a drop in points). If I was as good as a celeb in getting out of snooker, maybe I could on a defensive hit. But I have no idea. Maybe he's a little disappointed that he lost in the semifinals. I understand him. "

In the second semi-final, Kiran Wilson and Anthony McGill also fought a close battle, and in the last and close game, the illegal immigration was also decided thanks to a rather lucky hit by the winner (after 20 consecutive minutes without a guy ball), in what was defined as one of the greatest miracles in competition history. Seems more relaxed in front of his "young" opponent, opened overwhelmingly, and completed the victory to the applause of the crowd at the Crucible.