Day 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan v Marcus Campbell

Evening time for the 2nd session between Ronnie O'Sullivan & Marcus Campbell

Ronnie leads 7-2

Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-4 Marcus Campbell Result

Frame 10: Marcus breaks off then made 12, Ronnie with a 102 8-2.

Frame 11: Whizzing through this the Rocket 90 to go within one frame 9-2

Frame 12: Marcus gets one back with a tight finish 9-3.

Frame 13: Marcus pots the green after a safety battle 9-4 at the interval.

Frame 14: 55-32 at the moment to Ronnie getting interesting now, Ronnie wins 10-4.

Ronnie O'Sullivan made a winning return to snooker with a stunning 10-4 first-round victory over Marcus Campbell at the Crucible.

O'Sullivan, 37, has played only one competitive match since winning his fourth world title last May.

He won the first frame with an 82 and followed up further breaks in the 80s to lead 7-2 after the first session.

O'Sullivan made it 9-2 with breaks of 102 and 90, but Campbell responded before O'Sullivan sealed the win.

Crucible winners since 2000

• Mark Williams - 2000, 2003
• Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012
• Peter Ebdon - 2002
• Shaun Murphy - 2005
• Graeme Dott - 2006
• John Higgins - 2007, 2009, 2011
• Neil Robertson - 2010 (pictured)

He will meet either fellow Essex player Ali Carter, who he beat in last year's final, or Crucible debutant Ben Woollaston in the second round.

While former world champion Peter Ebdon claimed O'Sullivan looked in better form in practice than last year, many good judges expected him to be rusty after his long sabbatical.

However, O'Sullivan, who was given a rapturous reception on his return, needed only one chance to win the first frame.

Missed opportunities in the third and fourth frames proved costly for World number 27 Campbell as O'Sullivan went into the mid-session interval 3-1 ahead.

O'Sullivan nicked a scrappy fifth frame before rattling in a break of 85 in the next to move into a 5-1 lead.

Scotsman Campbell, 40, reduced the deficit to three frames with a break of 54 but clearances of 86 and 58 saw O'Sullivan end the first session with a five-frame advantage.

O'Sullivan needed only 93 minutes of the evening session to wrap up the match, reeling off breaks of 102 and 90 before sealing victory in a scrappy final frame.

Meanwhile, 2005 champion Shaun Murphy came from two frames down to take a 5-4 lead over qualifier Martin Gould into Sunday's evening session.

Ricky Walden opened up an 8-1 lead over fellow Englishman Michael Holt, firing in a break of 140 in the third frame. World number 12 Walden and qualifier Holt will play to a finish on Sunday morning.

Barry Hawkins, a winner in Australia this season, leads exciting 21-year-old Jack Lisowski 6-2 after the first session of their match and will play to a finish on Sunday evening.