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Junxu sinks O’Sullivan with successive century breaks in Nanjing
Pang Junxu during his match with Judd Trump on day three of the 2023 MrQ UK Championship at York Barbican, November 27, 2023

CHINA’S Pang Junxu made back-to-back centuries to beat Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-4 in the third round of the International Championship in Nanjing.

O’Sullivan fought back from 4-2 down to level the scores, but the seven-time world champion failed to pot a single ball in the last two frames.

Pang made breaks of 120 and 123 to seal his place in the last 16 and looked on course to make a maximum 147 break in the ninth frame.

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