Whether or not he had the record in mind, it can’t be denied that O’Sullivan’s performance was a blistering one. The five-time world champion had an average shot time of just 13.41 seconds So I think you just take each game as it comes and it’s just nice to be out there playing some snooker.” They’re nice when you’re chasing them but once you get them they’re overrated in many ways.
O’Sullivan said: “I’m not really bothered by records – I stopped bothering about records when I reached them and they didn’t really give you that buzz for very long. The total match time was 108 minutes, comfortably beating the previous record of 149 minutes set by Shaun Murphy in a whitewash victory over Luo Honghao last year.
On Monday, he needed less than half an hour to win the two frames needed to end the match. He never looked less than certain, and he breezed around the table, wrapping up the session in just under an hour and half (82 minutes). On Sunday, O’Sullivan stormed ahead, opening with two centuries and five further breaks of 60 or more to open an 8-1 lead. O’Sullivan demolished Un-Nooh, punishing every mistake and winning 10-1 in the fastest match ever played at the Crucible theatre. But the match-up turned out to be very one-sided. When the first-round draw for the Snooker World Championship pitted Ronnie O’Sullivan against Thailand’s Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, everyone expected a fast match – the two are known as the fastest players on the tour.
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