• World No 1 loses 10-8 in World Championship first round
• Victor James Cahill is first amateur to play at tournament
James Cahill, a 23-year-old amateur who was chalked up as a 500-1 outsider for the world championship, has admitted he “could barely stand up”, owing to nerves at the end of his staggering 10-8 victory over the world No 1, Ronnie O’Sullivan.
Few had given Cahill, who does not have a world ranking and had to battle through three qualifying matches to reach the first round, a sliver of a chance against O’Sullivan, who was trying for his sixth world title. However he held off the jitters and a late fightback to seal one of the biggest shocks in Crucible history.
Written by Sean Ingle
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