Saturday
Ronnie O’Sullivan lost his semi-final 6-4 to John Higgins.
Ronnie claimed a hard-fought opener 64-53 and re-established his lead with a break of 81 in the third after the Scot had levelled, but Higgins hit the front for the first time as he followed a superb run of 138 in the fourth with a scrappier 61-28 win in the fifth.
Friday
Ronnie beat Mark Allen 5-2 in today’s quarter-final match.
Having lost the first frame Ronnie hit back with a 92 and an 88, having missed the 11th red when he was on for …

Ronnie came down to us today to talk to Peter Staunton from Sky Sports News about his prospects for the forthcoming UK tournament and what it was like to practice with good up-and-coming Chinese players.
After the interview Ronnie had a few frames with 17 year old Grove player Chen Zhe, who is currently living here in Romford and taking part on the PIOS tour.