 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Paaienda kumagumo eNorthern Ireland Trophy, iyo yaakarasikirwa ne69 kuna Ding Junhui, akakunda muvengi wake we semifinal Dominic Dale 60, mumaminetsi makumi mashanu nematatu cheterekodhi yemutambo wakanakisa-we-mafuremu gumi nerimwe. OSullivan ipapo akasvika kumaquarter-fainari eGran Prix, asi akarasikirwa ne15 kurwisa aizova shasha Neil Robertson. Muna Zvita 2006, mumutambo wake wequarter-fainari weUK Championship achipesana naHendry, OSullivan akabvuma nenzira inoshamisa chikamu-nzira mufuremu rechitanhatu remutambo wakanakisa-we-17. Akanga aenda 04 pasi pashure pokutanga kwakasimba kubva kuna Hendry, asati azopedzisira atora furemu shure. Pakuvamba kwechimiro chechitanhatu, OSullivan akazarura nokuputsika kwe24, asati azvisiyira pfuti yakaoma kubva pane nhema kuenda kune tsvuku. Mushure mokupotsa mutsvuku, akadzikama akazunza maoko ose aHendry achimuudza kuti akanga ane zvakakwana, shamwari uye mutambi wemutambo, Jan Verhaas, uye akabuda munhandare, achishamisa munhu wose aripo. Chiitiko ichi chakakonzera kukanganiswa kudiki kwemumwe mutambo wequarter-fainari, pakati paGraeme Dott naSteve Davis, vachitambwa panguva imwe chete munhandare imwechete. Dott akazotaura kuti pakutanga akafunga kuti OSullivan naHendry vakanga vari kunetsana paakanzwa mumwe muteereri achishevedzera kuti Zvibate, Ronnie. Yakazosimbiswa zviri pamutemo kuti OSullivan akarasikirwa nemutambo, uyo wakapihwa 91 kuna Hendry. OSullivan akabudisa chirevo gare gare zuva iroro, achikumbira ruregerero uye achitaura kuti aizova kumashure pamakumbo ake achirwira akasimba uye akaoma kupfuura nakare kose nokukurumidza zvikuru. Musi waMay 31, 2007, World Snooker yakamubhadharisa faindi inosvika 20,800 pamusoro pechiitiko ichi, uye yakamutorera mazana mapfumbamwe emapoinzi. 