If you’ve got nothing special to do for a couple of hours this evening, take a look at Ronnie O’Sullivan, yet again wearing his opponent down by sheer persistence and peerless skill, even though down by three frames at the beginning of the video.
What’s amazing is that Ronnie was not at his best and it showed in a couple of careless misses, but even against an opponent who was the class of the field all week (scored more centuries than anyone ever has), the Rocket just held on and battered away, becoming the oldest Masters winner ever. And that with an elbow injury so severe he couldn’t raise the trophy afterwards, needing his kids to do it for him.
Pure magic.
If you want to do the marathon, here’s the whole match. Watch it over three days, like I did. (Of course, it’s been colder than the Witch of Endor’s tits this week, so I had little else to do. YMMV.)
I saw him as the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car on Top Gear years ago. Seemed like a nice fellow.
O’Sullivan’s biggest enemy is himself. No one plays like he can.
Its always a joy to watch Ronnie show why he is the GOAT, and why they call him the rocket.
Brilliant snooker from both players. Wonderful to see masters in action.
I rarely cheer at TV sports, but I was cheering and exclaiming “top shot…..”etc. all through those matches.
Time consuming, but not a second wasted.