Amateur James Cahill pulls off one of the biggest shocks in Crucible history by beating five-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan.
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O'Sullivan trailed 5-4 overnight and the increasingly rattled world number one slipped 8-5 behind, missing countless simple chances against the 23-year-old qualifier.But Cahill, who does not even have a world ranking, showed remarkable composure under pressure to get over the line. "I scored a good pressure 70 to go 6-5 up and after that I felt like he was the one under pressure. He didn't want to lose to me.
O'Sullivan was set to go 9-8 ahead but missed a relatively simple final pink to allow Cahill, the first-ever amateur to make it through to the Crucible, the chance to clear up.
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