Ronnie O'Sullivan lost to Ben Woollaston
Ronnie O'Sullivan lost to Ben Woollaston

Snooker results: Ronnie O'Sullivan crashes out of Gibraltar Open after losing to Ben Woollaston


Ben Woollaston caused a huge upset at the Gibraltar Open as he defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-3 in the first round.

The six-time world champion was making his debut appearance in the event, which was first staged back in 2016, and knew that claiming the title would see him pocket the £150,000 BetVictor Series bonus.

O'Sullivan looked on course for a relatively comfortable victory when opening up a 3-1 lead over the world number 45 with high breaks of 60 and 51 but Woollaston won the next two frames to force a decider.

Woollaston, who has only reached three ranking quarter-finals since an unlikely run to the 2015 Welsh Open final, held his nerve with a break of 61 to send the Rocket crashing out.

Maximum man Bingham delivers again

Stuart Bingham made the ninth maximum break of his career to round off his 4-1 win over Gerard Greene.

The former world champion Bingham potted 15 reds with blacks and cleared the colours to thrill fans at the Europa Sports Complex.

Only O’Sullivan (15), John Higgins (12) and Stephen Hendry (11) have made more maximums, and in fact Bingham has made six 147s since 2018.

Bingham told World Snooker Tour afterwards: "It was great to finish the match off that way.

"When I’m in the mood I do go for them. Early in the break I knew it was on and I had to go for it. I think I’ve had around 300 maximums in practice.

"It’s nice to make one for the crowd – a fan came up to me afterwards and said it was the first tournament he had been to and he’s seen a 147."