Ronnie O'Sullivan marked his 1,000th match in snooker ranking events by defeating Iulian Boiko 5-0 at the World Snooker Xi'an Grand Prix on Tuesday. "The Rocket" told Xinhua he wanted to say "well done" to his longtime rivals John Higgins and Mark Williams, who reached that milestone earlier, adding that he is looking forward to facing them again in future Chinese competitions.

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