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Junxu sinks O’Sullivan with successive century breaks in Nanjing
Move signals ceasefire in civil war that had broken out in the game
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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