Buuxi weedha soo socota: O'Sullivan wuxuu bilaabay xilli ciyaareedkii 2016-17 goor dambe, ee Shanghai Masters. Wareegii koowaad, wuxuu ka adkaaday Liang Wenbo 5<unk>4 ka dib markii uu ka soo kabsaday 1<unk>4 hoos. Waxa uu ahaa kulankiisii ugu horeeyay ee xirfadeed shantii bilood ee la soo dhaafay. Si kastaba ha noqotee, tani waxay ahayd illaa iyo inta uu horumariyay, markii wareegga labaad uu ku lumay 2<unk>5 Michael Holt. Tartanka ugu horeeya
Masters-ka Yurub, O'Sullivan wuxuu ka adkaaday David Gilbert 4<unk>1 wareega koowaad, Mark Allen 4<unk>2 wareega labaad, Mark Davis 4<unk>1 wareega afar dhamaadka ka dibna wuxuu ka adkaaday Neil Robertson 6<unk>0 wareega nus dhamaadka. Markii uu la kulmay Judd Trump finalka, O'Sullivan wuxuu qaatay 5-3 hogaanka kulankii ugu horreeyay. Kalfadhigii labaad, O'Sullivan wuxuu sii waday inuu hogaamiyo 8<unk>6 ka hor inta uusan ugu dambeyntii lumin 8<unk>9. Ciyaartii ugu horeysay ee tartanka Home Nations, ee furitaanka English Open, O'Sullivan wuxuu ka adkaaday Jimmy Robertson 4<unk>0 wareegga koowaad, Zhao Xintong 4<unk>3 wareegga labaad, laakiin wuxuu ka badiyay Chris Wakelin wareegga saddexaad 3<unk>4. Horyaalka Caalamiga ah, O'Sullivan wuxuu ku garaacay Xiao Guodong 6<unk>4 wareegga koowaad iyo Kurt Maflin 6<unk>4 wareegga labaad si uu u gaaro wareegga 16ka. Si kastaba ha noqotee, waxaa ka dib ka adkaaday Michael Holt 4<unk>6, taasoo ka dhigaysa tan seddexaad oo isku xigta oo ay ka badiyeen Holt sanadkii 2016.