Ronnie O’Sullivan reached the second spherical of the 2024 World Snooker Championship with a convincing 10-1 conquer Jackson Web page on Thursday.

The world primary started his bid to seize a record-breaking eighth world crown of the trendy period with a complete show.

O’Sullivan wasn’t at his free-flowing finest however didn’t must be as he comfortably dispatched of the younger Welshman.

The 48 year-old will tackle Ryan Day within the final 16 on Sunday and Monday in Sheffield.

Already a five-time winner throughout the 2023/24 snooker season, the Rocket appears to own a spotlight that might be required to get the job finished on the Crucible this yr.

“It was alright. I’m glad, I loved it. I cued okay for a change,” Ronnie O’Sullivan stated within the Eurosport studio.

“If my sport is sweet, I’m glad. If my sport just isn’t good, prefer it has been for a very long time, I’m a depressing individual.”

“I’m by no means, ever going to attempt to treatment it, as a result of I’ve tried. It’s what it’s, simply attempt to get your sport proper.

“Be a bit extra glad and content material. However pay attention, I put stress on myself. I don’t come right here to make the numbers up.

“I come right here to attempt to win. The margins are loads much less, so perhaps I do put myself below a little bit of stress.

“However that’s simply the best way I’ve been born or no matter’s been instilled in me. I can’t assist that, I simply should handle it.

“I really feel like I’m taking part in and cueing half first rate, which is sweet.”

There was lots of hypothesis surrounding the Crucible Theatre and Sheffield remaining because the host metropolis for the World Championship sooner or later.

O’Sullivan has already acknowledged that he want to see the game’s most prestigious occasion transfer sooner or later.

However the reigning UK and Masters champion recognises the impact the Crucible can have over a participant, and the way vital it’s to deal with the stress on the well-known venue when mounting a problem for world glory.

“It’s a tough venue. Regardless of what number of occasions you come right here, it finds you out,” Ronnie O’Sullivan continued.

“You get nice gamers that come right here who can by no means win it, as a result of there’s lots of stress on the market.”

“That’s what the Crucible can carry to it. It’s a tricky venue to play effectively in typically.

“Each World Championship I’ve received, I don’t suppose anybody has acquired inside three or 4 frames of me.

“I used to be wanting again at it the opposite day, and typically you suppose how did I win that?

“However I look again and suppose, no one actually acquired close to me. So simply let the event unravel. It goes the way it goes.

“We’ve all acquired to play the identical quantity of matches, the identical quantity of frames. The hardest survive.

“If that occurs to be me on the finish of the week, nice. If it doesn’t – final yr it was Luca – however that’s what I’m saying, it by no means will get simpler any yr.

“It’s nonetheless who has acquired the psychological capability to deal with the stress. You’re not going to have all of it your individual method.

“It’s the fellows that don’t like that state of affairs who don’t find yourself doing that effectively right here.

“You’ve acquired to get pleasure from that, you’ve acquired to embrace it. See it as a pleasure, though you don’t really feel it on the market whenever you’ve acquired it on you.

“However that’s what you’ve acquired to do. Dig deep and discover a approach to play effectively below stress, that’s the vital factor.”

The primary spherical of the 2024 World Snooker Championship concludes on Thursday night when John Higgins returns for his second session with Jamie Jones main 5-4.

2024 World Snooker Championship Draw

Click on right here for dwell scores and session occasions.

Spherical 1 (bo19)

Luca Brecel (1) 9-10 David Gilbert
Robert Milkins (16) 10-9 Pang Junxu
Ali Carter (9) 7-10 Stephen Maguire
Shaun Murphy (8) 10-5 Lyu Haotian

Mark Selby (5) 6-10 Joe O’Connor
Kyren Wilson (12) 10-1 Dominic Dale
John Higgins (13) vs Jamie Jones
Mark Allen (4) 10-6 Robbie Williams

Judd Trump (3) 10-5 Hossein Vafaei
Tom Ford (14) 10-6 Ricky Walden
Zhang Anda (11) 4-10 Jak Jones
Mark Williams (6) 9-10 Si Jiahui

Ding Junhui (7) 9-10 Jack Lisowski
Gary Wilson (10) 5-10 Stuart Bingham
Barry Hawkins (15) 8-10 Ryan Day
Ronnie O’Sullivan (2) 10-1 Jackson Web page

Spherical 2 (bo25)

David Gilbert vs Robert Milkins (16)
Stephen Maguire vs Shaun Murphy (8)

Joe O’Connor vs Kyren Wilson (12)
Higgins/Jamie Jones vs Mark Allen (4)

Judd Trump (3) vs Tom Ford (14)
Jak Jones vs Si Jiahui

Jack Lisowski vs Stuart Bingham
Ryan Day vs Ronnie O’Sullivan (2)

Quarter-Finals (bo25)

Gilbert/Milkins vs Maguire/Murphy
O’Connor/Ok. Wilson vs TBC

Trump/Ford vs Jak Jones/Si
Lisowski/Bingham vs Day/O’Sullivan

Semi-Finals (bo33)

TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC

Ultimate (bo35)

TBC vs TBC

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