O'Sullivan looked in good form as he began with a break of 38 but failed to wrap up the opening frame when he slipped out of position, and Hendry capitalised with a 58. In the other semi-final Peter Ebdon, the 1996 runner-up, gained a 5-3 overnight lead over Matthew Stevens, runner- up two years ago, and with it a psychological advantage in that he won three frames from 62, 48 and 46 points behind respectively.Stevens led 3-1 and 62-0, at which point he wobbled a red. Despite vowing to send Hendry home early, defending champion O'Sullivan was put firmly in his place by the man looking for an unprecedented eighth world title. Ronnie O’Sullivan and Stephen Hendry have had some classic battles (Picture: Getty Images) Ronnie O’Sullivan says defeat to Stephen Hendry in the semi-final of … 17 (33) 13. Ronnie O'Sullivan, defending his title, injected a whiff of animosity into his semi-final of the Embassy World Championship against Stephen Hendry before taking a 5-3 overnight lead yesterday from the first of their four sessions at the Crucible Theatre.O'Sullivan's opening 115 put him a frame ahead for the first of four times before he secured his two-frame advantage with a run of 99 in the last of the day.As this pattern of scoring indicates, Hendry was on the back foot for most of the session and he almost threw away the fourth frame when he missed a simple red on 65. Stephen Hendry moved into his ninth Crucible final with a superb display in the last session of his semi-final against Ronnie O'Sullivan. The seven-times champion produced a supremely focused performance, but denied the pre-match criticism from his opponent had been a motivating factor. Ronnie O'Sullivan's sixth World Championship broke Stephen Hendry's record for the most career ranking titles and also extended his all-time Triple Crown tally to 20. Ebdon imperturbably cleared to pink with 71, levelled at 3-3 with a run of 81 and led 4-3 after Stevens, in with 63, had missed a black from its spot which was effectively frame ball but one. Also in 1997, Stephen Hendry played Ronnie O'Sullivan in the Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge final. Ronnie O'Sullivan. Ronnie had stoked the fire ahead of the match with a verbal attack on the Scot, but Hendry got his revenge, prevailing 17-13 in an exciting encounter full of high-quality breaks. That proved to be the pattern for the afternoon, with O'Sullivan constantly losing position and Hendry doing just enough to take each frame. "That's just peripheral stuff that doesn't matter." "I'm quite a happy chappy," he said.
It took place from 20 April to 6 May 2002 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.It was the final ranking event of the 2001–02 snooker season. The 2002 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament. In turn O'Sullivan, on 63, lost position for the last black and left it in the jaws of a corner pocket.The seven-times champion's attempt to do too much with an intended safety shot cost him the seventh to O'Sullivan's 63 in which, as in the eighth, he did not score. And O'Sullivan tried to remain upbeat despite losing his title. After the outstanding quality of the first three sessions, Saturday saw Hendry prove the more clinical in a series of scrappy frames.
He explains he was put up to it by Naseem Hamed’s entourage.‘I was never going to make the first move but I accepted his apology.’Stephen and Ronnie get on very well these days, with the incident long in the past and the Rocket somewhat older and wiser.Hendry’s only regret of the situation was that he couldn’t reproduce the cracking form which saw him down the Rocket in the final in Sheffield, where he was beaten 18-17 by Peter Ebdon.The Scot wrote: ‘This has been a grudge match, no doubt about it, but the way it has fired me up leaves me feeling that I’ve won a World Championship final.
I really thought a lot of Stephen until he had that ball put back, and he really did go down in my estimations after that. With Hazel Irvine, Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Clive Everton. Stephen Hendry believes his 'needle match' with Ronnie O'Sullivan at the 2002 World Snooker Championship was the last time he played well at …
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