Ronnie O'Sullivan has scored the highest-ever tournament break of 153 at the World Open - and there is only recorded evidence of one higher break. O'Sullivan potted a free ball and the black to score eight points during his World Open quarter-final against Ryan Day on Friday morning.

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The 50-year-old achieved the feat after leaving Ryan Day in a snooker to begin the opening frame of their quarter-final and the Welshman’s failed escape attempt gave O’Sullivan a free ball. That allowed the seven-times world champion to start with a green followed by an opening black,