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The Masters is a professional invitational snooker tournament. Held every year since 1975 , it is the second-longest-running professional snooker tournament after the World Championship . It is one of the three Triple Crown events, along with the UK Championship and the World Championship. [ 2 ]
Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan OBE (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional snooker player. [2] Widely recognised as one of the most talented and accomplished players in snooker history, he has won the World Snooker Championship seven times, a modern-era record he holds jointly with Stephen Hendry.
Ronnie O'Sullivan has made fifteen official maximum breaks in professional competition, [1] the highest number completed by any player. This total only includes maximum breaks that have been ratified by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA); it does not include maximums compiled in exhibition matches, or in events that are not sanctioned by the world governing body.
The world No 1 produced a near-flawless session of snooker to knock out Ding Junhui and take his season’s total prize money to nearly £1.3m Judd Trump blasts 368 uninterrupted points to reach ...
2007 World Snooker Championship: 4: Ranking: Qualifying Career total, end of 2006–07 season 22 R: 19 NR: 3 2007 Shanghai Masters: 2: Ranking: Qualifying 2007 Masters Qualifying Event: 1: Non-ranking: 2007 Grand Prix: 2: Ranking: Qualifying 2008 Welsh Open: 3: Ranking: 1 in qualifying Career total, end of 2007–08 season 30 R: 26 NR: 4 2008 ...
Ding made just the fourth maximum break in Masters history but O’Sullivan triumphed 6-3 in the first-round clash at Ally Pally
A bad break off by O'Sullivan allowed Higgins to make a 134 in the next frame, the fifth consecutive century break of the match. [49] Higgins won frame eight with a break of 88 and won the match in frame nine 6–3. [49] The five consecutive century breaks equalled the record for the Masters by Robertson and Maguire in 2009. [49]
A drama-free break and moves beyond the snookers-required stage. He reaches 71 and tries a long red up into the green pocket but it misses. BUT O’SULLIVAN MOVES WITHIN A FRAME OF VICTORY AT 5-2