O’Sullivan dispels Dott doubts

RONNIE O’SULLIVAN put a lack of self-belief behind him to take command of his 888.com World Championship semi-final with Graeme Dott at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield last night.

O’Sullivan went into the best-of-33 frame encounter claiming he had “the least confidence of the four semi-finalists in terms of winning the tournament” but earned a 5-3 advantage.

He said: “Every player still in this tournament thinks they are going to win. If you could measure confidence and self-belief, I’d be last down the pecking order. I know I can produce the goods. I’m just lacking self belief.”