Overview
- O'Sullivan compiled the 153 in the opening frame against Ryan Day in Yushan and completed a 5-0 victory to reach the semi-finals.
- After a referee-awarded free ball, he nominated the green as an extra red, then cleared 15 reds with 13 blacks and two pinks before the colours for 153, two shy of the 155 theoretical maximum.
- The break surpasses Jamie Burnett’s 148 from 2004, setting the highest total ever recorded in professional snooker.
- He will face China’s Wu Yize in the semi-finals, having earlier beaten Matthew Selt and Shaun Murphy to reach the last eight.
- O'Sullivan posted a thank-you message on X calling it a 'pretty cool moment', while TNT Sports’ Neal Foulds hailed the achievement as incredible and a marker of sharp form before Sheffield.