O'Sullivan required just 35 minutes to turn a 7-2 overnight advantage into another comfortable Crucible win.
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Old master Ronnie O'Sullivan compared the Crucible to a creche after he made a blistering start to his bid for a record eighth World Championship.
'I thought a bit of a roll of the dice, it was a gamble.'
Iranian Hossein Vafaei begins his world championship campaign but admits it has been hard to focus because of the bombardment of his country ...
'It could hardly have happened at a more important moment. That was poor.'
Can the Thunder get it right in Sheffield this time?
'To stand up there, when it mattered the most, to clear up from there, I'm so proud.'
O'Sullivan opened up a 7-2 lead after the first session and returns to the Crucible on Wednesday ...
O'Sullivan accidentally headed towards the wrong table and had to be steered in the right direction by a subtle nudge from referee Rob Spencer.
Ronnie O'Sullivan has opened up a healthy 7-2 lead over debutant He Guoqiang in the World Snooker Championship first round.