Ronnie O'Sullivan will have to wait at least another year to win a record-breaking eighth world title as he was spectacularly beating by Luca Brecel in the quarter-finals.
Brecel had trailed the Englishman 10-6 heading into this afternoon's final session with most expecting 'The Rocket' to lift-off and dispatch the Belgian with ease. Instead he produced 7 frames of absolute excellence that left O'Sullivan stunned and heading home.
Brecel hadn't even won a match at the Crucible Theatre before this year and beat Ricky Walden in R1. He then followed it up with a surprise victory over three-times World Champion Mark Williams to seal an unlikely quarter-final spot. Few gave him any hope of ending O'Sullivan's reign as champion.
