O’Sullivan Leads Day 5-3 in World Snooker Championship: Will He Surpass Hendry’s Seven Titles?

In the World Snooker Championship, seven-time champion Ronnie O’Sullivan is currently leading Ryan Day 5-3. The Englishman, who is 48 years old, has his sights set on an eighth Crucible title, which would surpass Stephen Hendry’s seven successes.

O’Sullivan got off to a strong start in the opening frames of the match, making impressive breaks of 123 and 84. However, Day, the world number 18, fought back and managed to level the score.

Despite this setback, O’Sullivan regained his composure and took a commanding 4-2 lead over Day with breaks of 83 and 51 in subsequent frames. However, Day responded with a stunning 115 break in one of the frames, showing that he was not going down without a fight.

In the last frame of the session, O’Sullivan made another break of 92 to take his lead to 5-2. Despite this advantage, Day remains determined to advance to the quarter-finals for the fourth time in his career after falling short previously in matches against O’Sullivan back in 2006 and other notable players such as Mark Selby and John Higgins.

The two players will resume their match on Sunday at Wembley Arena with O’Sullivan holding a two-frame advantage. The best-of-25 frames format means that fans can expect an exciting conclusion to this highly anticipated rematch on Monday.