OSullivan breezes into round two

World champion Ronnie O'Sullivan cruised through to the second round with a 10-5 victory over practice partner Stuart Bingham.

O'Sullivan began the evening session 6-3 ahead after making breaks of 61, 140, 104 and 73 in the morning.

When the pair resumed, O'Sullivan countered Bingham's breaks of 80 and 100 with runs of 78 and 94 as they shared the first four frames.

And O'Sullivan sealed victory with a 100 break and a 97 clearance.

Asked to judge his performance out of 10, O'Sullivan said: "Five. Something like that.

"I need to make a bit of improvement to my game. Scoring was good but I never normally have problems when I get among the balls.

"That is my strength. It's the other areas which need a bit of improving on.

"To make life a bit easier I need to find a little bit of extra consistency in other areas of my game, and then I'll be a bit more professional, a bit more complete.

"It would be nice to have to find the (top) gear so often, and just pace myself a bit more.

"There were times I felt I was losing a bit of interest. Missing pots by a long way can get a bit frustrating and you can sometimes question yourself and think what am I doing wrong here?

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