Ding takes command against O'Sullivan
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Ding Junhui dominated the second session of his quarter-final clash with Ronnie O'Sullivan at the Betfred World Championship, taking a 10-6 lead to move within three frames of victory.
China's Ding won six of the eight frames tonight to leave crowd favourite O'Sullivan facing an uphill task in the concluding session, which starts at 2.30pm on Wednesday. The Rocket made numerous unforced errors as his hopes of winning a sixth Crucible crown took a blow.
World number four Ding reached the final for the first time last year and hopes to go all the way to the title this time. Victory over O'Sullivan would set up a semi-final against Mark Selby or Marco Fu.
Ding won the first frame tonight with a break of 63 to go 5-4 ahead, and he led 42-0 in the next only for O'Sullivan to hit back with an 84 clearance. In frame 11 Ding made 64 then his opponent had a chance to clear but lost position in potting the last red and missed the black.
That changed the momentum as 30-year-old Ding swept through the next four frames with top breaks of 65, 120, 59 and 58 to go 10-5 in front. O'Sullivan badly needed to win the last frame of the session and he did so with a run of 104 which took just five minutes, the fastest century of the tournament so far. But he still needs seven of the last nine frames to survive.
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