Ronnie O’Sullivan turned the second participant to hit most breaks in the identical skilled snooker match; the primary 147 in O’Sullivan’s 6-3 Saudi Arabia Masters semi-final win over Chris Wakelin was his first since 2018; O’Sullivan will play Neil Robertson within the remaining
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Ronnie O’Sullivan made two most breaks throughout his beautiful semi-final efficiency in Saudi Arabia
Ronnie O’Sullivan hit two most breaks in his 6-3 victory over Chris Wakelin within the semi-finals of the Saudi Arabia Masters.
The 49-year-old needed to wait seven years since his final 147 break on the English Open in 2018, and two hours later he achieved his seventeenth profession most and second of the night time.
O’Sullivan’s first 147 got here within the opening body of the match and with the scores locked at 3-3, the Rocket accomplished a second to earn a £147,000 bonus for making two most breaks throughout the UK Championship, Masters, World Championship and Saudi Arabia Masters.
He additionally slotted breaks of 134 and 142 in a dominant show and can tackle Neil Robertson within the remaining of the competitors.
O’Sullivan informed TNT Sports activities: “I’m sitting there at 3-3 thinking I’m probably going to lose this game after a maxi, a 142 and a 70 clearance.
“He (Wakelin) is a monster. I mentioned he will win a rating occasion, he is so stable. He is higher than stable, stable is a praise, he is very dependable however he is received greater than that. It is like Kyren Wilson. As a participant he is very arduous to interrupt down. He is an excellent competitor, excellent participant.”
O’Sullivan also became the oldest player to make a professional 147, as he approaches his 50th birthday in December.
He also becomes just the second player to make two 147s in the same match, after Welshman Jackson Page achieved the feat at qualifying for this year’s World Championship.
Robertson beat Elliot Slessor 6-3 to reach the final before revealing he had met his pre-season goal of qualifying for the Tour Championship.
Former world champion Robertson was never headed in Jeddah as he made the 39th ranking final of his career.
“That is the largest match we have now till the World Championship,” Robertson told TNT Sports.
“With the rating factors out there, I haven’t got to fret about taking part in within the Invitational or the Tour Championship.
“I set a goal at the start of the season to get into the Tour Championship. That was my only goal and I’ve done that already in the first tournament. It’s nice it takes care of the rest of the season.”
Englishman Slessor, twenty ninth within the official world rankings however set to rise a number of locations after selecting up the largest cheque of his profession, gained the third body with a 92 break.
Robertson responded with 93 in opposition to his common follow associate and a vital pink down the rail within the seventh body put him in management at 5-2.
“We practise a lot with each other and there’s usually heavy scoring,” mentioned the Australian. “We tried to make things happen but the balls ran awkward, and we both missed some tricky pots that led to scrappy frames.
“Realizing him nicely, if I wasn’t taking part in him I’d have wished him to win the match. It is fairly powerful however you have to put that apart.”
Robertson sealed issues along with his second 93 break to guide his place in Saturday’s remaining.
