Ebdon holds off O'Sullivan: Snooker

Friday 21 February 1997 00:02 GMT

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Peter Ebdon had to soak up very little pressure yesterday when he decisively defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-1 to reach the semi-finals of the International Open at Aberdeen.

O'Sullivan scored only 48 points in the opening four frames and won his only frame with a break of 98 in the fifth. He might have closed the gap still further in the sixth but, after reaching 42, he played a bad positional shot which paved the way for Ebdon's match- winning run.

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