{"id":909174,"date":"2026-04-21T15:32:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/909174\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T15:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:32:24","slug":"ronnie-osullivan-v-he-guoqiang-live-score-and-latest-updates-from-2026-world-snooker-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/909174\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan v He Guoqiang LIVE: Score and latest updates from 2026 World Snooker Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>O’Sullivan fails to capitalise<\/p>\n

There were three troubling reds over by the right hand cushion and O\u2019Sullivan believes he\u2019s dislodged one enough to slice it in. <\/p>\n

The break ends with O\u2019Sullivan leading by 20 points. He pots a red and the pink with two sweet shots to get the cueball into favourable position and he can play off the black for now. <\/p>\n

Mike Jones21 April 2026 16:29<\/p>\n

<\/a>He struggling<\/p>\n

He Guoqiang is struggling. His average break so far in this match is 15.5 and in this sixth frame he\u2019s had three or four chances to put O\u2019Sullivan away. <\/p>\n

He\u2019s taken none of them. <\/p>\n

O\u2019Sullivan himself has missed a couple of testing shots, and one simple one on the black, but each time he errs He lets him off the hook.<\/p>\n

At 5-13, He misses a red and brings O\u2019Sullivan back to the table. The reds are spread but he has a few easier ones to pick off first. <\/p>\n

How big will this break be?<\/p>\n

Mike Jones21 April 2026 16:26<\/p>\n

<\/a>O’Sullivan takes fifth frame!<\/p>\n

O\u2019Sullivan hopes to take control after the miss from He but leaves the final red hanging over the cushion. <\/p>\n

That allows his opponent back on the table and He closes the gap to within one point. <\/p>\n

The brown is left near the right hand cushion and, after potting the green, he\u2019s left the cueball quite close. <\/p>\n

But, a smooth and aggressive pot sees him rattle the brown into the left middle and that seemingly sets up the rest of the frame.<\/p>\n

But, he attack the blue too forcefully and it bounces around the middle left pocket and doesn\u2019t drop!<\/p>\n

O\u2019Sullivan makes him pay by quickly knocking in the blue and pink. He leads by five now. <\/p>\n

Mike Jones21 April 2026 16:14<\/p>\n

<\/a>He cuts the deficit<\/p>\n

Previously He\u2019s biggest break was 25. He eclipses that in this fifth frame and smoothly closes the deficit to O\u2019Sullivan\u2019s 42.<\/p>\n

A slight positional error on the blue means he needs to use the rest to keep his break going and he nurses the next red into the bottom right pocket. The black quickly follows to take He past O\u2019Sullivan\u2019s score but he unfortunately doesn\u2019t leave a simplest of shots for the red. <\/p>\n

He needs to swerve past a closer ball and as such misses the pocket. He leads 42-44 in this frame.<\/p>\n

Mike Jones21 April 2026 16:09<\/p>\n

<\/a>O’Sullivan opens door for He<\/p>\n

After the mid-session interval Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan and He Guoqiang are back out for the fifth frame. <\/p>\n

O\u2019Sullivan is first on the board and rattles of a fine break of 42 before missing a red to the bottom left pocket. <\/p>\n

He cannons it off the cushion and opens the door for He to get back into this match. <\/p>\n

Mike Jones21 April 2026 16:05<\/p>\n

<\/a>The new approach making Neil Robertson \u2018more confident than ever\u2019 <\/p>\n

O\u2019Sullivan and He have returned to the arena. In the meantime, some afternoon reading:<\/p>\n

Lawrence Ostlere21 April 2026 16:04<\/p>\n

<\/a>Wu Yize through to second round<\/p>\n

Wu Yize makes short work of Lei Peifan, winning 10-2, the most one-sided result so far in the first round.<\/p>\n

\"WuWu Yize was too good for Lei Peifan (Getty)<\/p>\n

Lawrence Ostlere21 April 2026 15:58<\/p>\n

<\/a>O’Sullivan wins the fourth frame!<\/p>\n

A smooth century break by The Rocket, and that is about as dominant a performance as we\u2019ve seen so far at this year\u2019s World Championship. He leads by four at the mid-session interval.<\/p>\n

Lawrence Ostlere21 April 2026 15:41<\/p>\n

<\/a>O’Sullivan wins the third frame!<\/p>\n

A scrappy frame, this one, as He makes a couple more crucial errors to allow O\u2019Sullivan in, including a bizarre push shot. The seven-time champion makes no mistake, sweeping up the colours with a brilliant break in which he moved the pink cleverly off the side cushion en route from green to brown.<\/p>\n

Lawrence Ostlere21 April 2026 15:27<\/p>\n

<\/a>Wu on the verge of second round<\/p>\n

On the other side of the arena, China\u2019s Wu Yize is now only one frame away from victory, leading his compatriot Lei Peifan 9-2.<\/p>\n

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