a week later, ronnie o'sullivan won the uk championship just a week before his 18th birthday.ennis world as teenagers. with ten titles already this year, littler has undoubtedly 1430 00:

but robertson, who's standing in for ronnie o'sullivan, who withdrew last week on medical grounds, thetake it to a decider. and the australian kept the momentum going, completing an incredible turnaround, winning it 6—5, sealing his place in the next round. i've been very fortunate in my career so far that, like, my best memories have happened in the best venues we've played in and, you know, that was similar with, i guess, the match with mark williams when i won the semi 6—5, you know, just the crowd was just amazing. and obviously and after the uk, i was really disappointed not to be in it, but i was five in the world on the one—year list sort of coming into this. so, last year i felt terrible about my game, but i was seeded sixth. this year i feel great about my game and ijust missed out and, thankfully, i snuck in through the back doorand, yeah, iwasjust so happy that i could do my chance justice. that was the big thing. and i'm so happy that i could do that today. he has really taken his opportunity. shaun murphy in the other match on sunday survived a fightback from gary wilson.

but robertson, who's standing in for ronnie o'sullivan, who withdrew last week on medical grounds, rattledn kept the momentum to complete an incredible turnaround and win 6—5, sealing his place in the next round. i have been very fortunate in my career so far that my best memories have happened in the best venues we have played in, so that was similar with the match with mark williams when i won a semi 6—5, the crowd was just amazing and after the uk i was really disappointed not to be in it, that i was five in the world on the one—year list coming into this. last year i felt terrible about my game but i was needed six. this year i feel great about my game and missed out and thankfully i snuckin missed out and thankfully i snuck in through the back door and i was so happy that i could do my chance ofjustice. that was the big thing. and i'm so happy that i could do that today. happy that i could do that toda . ., , happy that i could do that toda . . , . , happy that i could do that toda . ., , .,~ , today. he has really taken his opportunity _ shaun murphy survived a fightback from gary wi

and no ronnie at the palace: o'sullivan won't defend his masters crown, as he withdraws from the tournament time champion mark selby about his absence. also coming up on sportsday. novak djokovic says his relationship with new coach andy murray has started well — and their partnership's been compared to two other greats in a different sport. it's great, to become the coach, welcome to the programme. sport has often been used as a political tool, particularly in cricket, and after calls for england to boycott their match against afghanistan, because of the taliban regime's assault on women's rights — the ecb have sent a powerful letter to the international cricket council — seen by the bbc. in it they call on the world governing body to "withhold a meaningful proportion of icc funding from the afghanistan cricket board. and to "place an immediate condition on the membership status of the afghanistan cricket board to deliver women 5 cricket by a certain deadline." the ecb's chief executive richard gould and chair richard thompson signed off the letter saying: "what is taking place in afghanis