Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - O'Sullivan akadzivirira zita rake reShanghai Masters nekukunda Barry Hawkins 11<unk>9 mumutambo wekupedzisira. Uyu wakanga uri mutambo wokutanga waO'Sullivan wemwaka. Kukunda kwacho kwakaita kuti O'Sullivan ave mutambi wokutanga we snooker kupfuudza £10 miriyoni mumari yemari yebasa. Akabva apinda mumakwikwi eEnglish Open, panguva yaakaita break yake yechigumi nemashanu kuti akunde Allan Taylor ne4-0 mumutambo wechipiri. O'Sullivan akasvika kumasemi-fainari asi akarasikirwa 1<unk>6 kuna Mark Davis. PaChampion yeChampions, O'Sullivan akasvika kumagumo ake mashanu akateedzana uye akakunda 10 <unk> 9 mune yekupedzisira furemu yekusarudza kurwisa Kyren Wilson, mushure mekuita mazana gumi nerimwe panguva yechiitiko ichi. Mutambo wake wakatevera waiva Northern Ireland Open uye akatarisana naJudd Trump mumutambo wokupedzisira. Akarasikirwa nomutambo wacho 7 ku9. O'Sullivan akahwina mukombe weUK aine 10<unk>6 kukunda Mark Allen mumutambo wekupedzisira, achiratidza rekodhi yake yechinomwe mukombe weUK Championship uye rekodhi yemakumi mapfumbamwe nemapfumbamwe Triple Crown mazita ese. Asingasviki maawa 24 pashure pokukunda kwake, O'Sullivan akabva muScottish Open
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