Ronnie O’Sullivan v Ali Carter LIVE: Rating and updates from World Snooker Championship on the Crucible Theatre

Wednesday 23 April – First spherical

Zhang Anda (12) 5-3 Pang Junxu – to a end

Shaun Murphy (15) 7-2 Daniel Wells – to a end

Ronnie O’Sullivan (5) 5-4 Ali Carter – to a end

Luca Brecel (7) v Ryan Day

Mark Selby (4) v Ben Woollaston

Judd Trump (2) 6-3 Zhou Yuelong – to a end

Ronnie O’Sullivan has returned to aggressive snooker after a protracted absence to cope with psychological well being issues and is locked right into a battle with Ali Carter within the first spherical of the World Snooker Championships.

O’Sullivan took a 5-2 lead within the first session on Tuesday afternoon earlier than Carter gained the ultimate two frames to depart the match delicately poised at 5-4.

The duo return to the desk on Wednesday afternoon to play this match by to a end with the primary participant to succeed in 10 frames (better of 19) progressing to the following spherical.

Will probably be an enchanting watch and the Unbiased can have all of the protection of O’Sullivan’s try and win an eighth world title.

Ronnie O’Sullivan needed to accept a single-frame in a single day benefit because the opening session of his World Snooker Championship first-round conflict towards previous foe Ali Carter didn’t reside as much as its pre-match hype.

The seven-time champion, returning to the tour for the primary time since dumping his cue after dropping a Championship League match in January, seemed to have scrapped out a 6-3 result in take into Wednesday afternoon’s scheduled conclusion.

However Carter dug deep after O’Sullivan jawed a protracted purple to the highest nook within the last body of the day, steadily erasing a 51-point deficit and nervelessly clearing the colors to chop his in a single day deficit to 5-4.