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O'Sullivan crashes out of world champs

08:34 am on 30 April 2015

The five-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan has been eliminated from the world snooker champship in Sheffield, beaten in the quarter-finals by fellow Englishman Stuart Bingham.

O'Sullivan lost 13 frames to nine.

The 39-year-old O'Sullivan who is the world number two has reached the final for the past three years.

He fought back from 5-3 down to lead 9-8 but Bingham then won five frames in a row, to reach the last four for the first time.

Five time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan has been eliminated from this year's tournament. Photo: Photosport

It has been an eventful tournament for O'Sullivan who played part of his first-round match without shoes on, was reprimanded for making an obscene gesture and illegally used his chalk to help line up a shot.

Bingham, the world number 10, will play Judd Trump in the semi-finals after the Englishman overwhelmed China's Ding Junhui 13-4.