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The World Snooker Championship rolls on with the action at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield heating up as the tournament reaches the semi-final stage.

A number of top contenders have already fallen, including defending champion Kyren Wilson – pipped by Lei Peifan in the first round – and four-time winner Mark Selby, who was knocked out by training partner Ben Woollaston.

And now, Ronnie O’Sullivan has crashed out. The seven-time champion made a mockery of his recent period of inactivity, beating Ali Carter, Pang Junxu and Si Jiahui, but was demolished in a semi-final contest with Zhao Xintong, who beat him 17-7 with in a session to spare.

Zhao will be joined in the final by either Judd Trump or Mark Williams, who have engaged in a tightly-fought semi-final tie.

The World Snooker Championship got underway on Saturday 19 April with the final played over two days starting on Sunday 4 May.

World Snooker Championship results and schedule in full

(All times BST)

Saturday 3 May

Semi-finals

10:00

Mark Williams 8-8 Judd Trump

14:30

TBC

19:00

Mark Williams 8-8 Judd Trump

Sunday 4 May

Final

13:00

Zhao Xintong v Mark Williams or Judd Trump

19:00

Zhao Xintong v Mark Williams or Judd Trump

Monday 5 May

Final

13:00

Zhao Xintong v Mark Williams or Judd Trump

19:00

Zhao Xintong v Mark Williams or Judd Trump

Results so far

Semi-finals

Ronnie O’Sullivan (5) 7-17 Zhao Xintong

Quarter-finals

John Higgins 12-13 Mark Williams

Zhao Xintong 13-5 Chris Wakelin

Judd Trump 13-8 Luca Brecel

Ronnie O’Sullivan 13-9 Si Jiahui

Second round

Ronnie O’Sullivan 13-4 Pang Junxu

Luca Brecel 13-4 Ding Junhui

Si Jiahui 13-10 Ben Woollaston

Shaun Murphy 10-13 Judd Trump

Chris Wakelin 13-6Mark Allen

Hossein Vafaei 10-13 Mark Williams

John Higgins 13-12 Xiao Guodong

Lei Peifan 10-13 Zhao Xintong

First round

Kyren Wilson (1) 9-10 Lei Peifan

Xiao Guodong (14) 10-4 Matthew Selt

Mark Williams (6) 10-8 Wu Yize

Neil Robertson (9) 8-10 Chris Wakelin

Barry Hawkins (11) 9-10 Hossein Vafaei

Jak Jones (16) 4-10 Zhao Xintong

Mark Allen (8) 10-6 Fan Zhengyi

John Higgins (3) 10-7 Joe O’Connor

Ding Junhui (10) 10-7 Zak Surety

Shaun Murphy (15) 10-4 Daniel Wells

Ronnie O’Sullivan (5) 10-4 Ali Carter

Judd Trump (2) 10-4 Zhou Yuelong

Luca Brecel (7)10-7 Ryan Day

Mark Selby (4) 8-10 Ben Woollaston