O'Sullivan vs Higgins: Seeds Dominate Crucible

0:00It's April 23rd. This is Lester News today, AI-powered stories from your city. I'm Cory with the story. Ronnie O'Sullivan made quick work of China's Heagool Chang with a 10-to-2 win at the World Snooker Championship, setting up a blockbuster last. 16 clash against fellow 50-year-old John Higgins, another legend from the class of 92. Meanwhile, four-time champ Mark Selby bounced back strong, crushing Jack Jones 10-to-2 in his first round-one victory since 2023, and now faces 22-year-old Chinese hot shot Wuyi-Zei starting Sunday at 10am. Seeds are dominating like never before, with all 14 finished first-round matches going their way, and if Seed Ja-hui and Neil Robertson hold on. Every top-16 player advances, topping the old record from 1983. Over another action, 13-seed Chris Wakeland pulled out a 10-to-6 win over Debbie-Ton-Friend Liam Pullin by reeling off five-stray frames.

1:01While World No. 3, Neil Robertson, faces a 250-pound fine for miscalculating and conceding a frame too early against Peng-Jun Xu. O'Sullivan eyes the record eighth title against Higgins starting Saturday at 7pm, as the crucible heats up with these epic seed showdowns just getting started.