Ronnie O'Sullivan delivered his 776th career century break, surpassing Stephen Hendry's all-time record. O'Sullivan made 101 in the first frame of his 6-1 quarter-final win against Marco Fu at the 2015 Masters. That was his 43rd win at the tournament, a number which breaks another record previously held by Hendry.
"I was a bit nervous because I knew everyone was thinking about it. It was nice to get it out of the way early," O'Sullivan told BBC Sport. "There was still a match to play after breaking the record so I thought everyone needed to calm down."
'The Rocket' O'Sullivan was set to further extend his centuries record in the second frame, but missed a brown when on 51 and Fu clinched the frame. O'Sullivan then took a 3-1 lead at the interval and further breaks of 85 and 66 extended his advantage to 5-1, before he took the seventh to advance to the semi-final. "Now I am playing decent, I enjoy it a bit more," he said. "The older I am, it feels like I have only been a professional for four years. To have a positive outlook on it, I feel I can can deal with the ups and downs, I love it. I can handle my emotions more."
Ronnie O'Sullivan is 6/4 at Bet365 to win the 2015 Masters.
Shumar4life
9 years ago
What to say about this man. He is ultimately the best snooker player in the history of this sport. He wins a match very easy and its amazing how good is he despite the fact that he is long time in the world of snooker. I am hoping that we will watch him for a long time
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Tomas.White 9 years ago
Ronnie O'Sullivan is the very best what game of snooker can give to many viewers. His goal is to have over thousand three-digit breaks. He wants to set bar very high. He already did that, but he is still hungry for winning and trophies. His game is real master piece. When you are looking him play, that is like he is...
Ronnie O'Sullivan is the very best what game of snooker can give to many viewers. His goal is to have over thousand three-digit breaks. He wants to set bar very high. He already did that, but he is still hungry for winning and trophies. His game is real master piece. When you are looking him play, that is like he is giving this game totally new dimension.
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sharpe
9 years ago
Great achievement for Ronnie to beat Stephen Henry's all time record. No doubt that Ronnie is the most talented player that game of snooker have ever seen. If he was a little more serious in the early parts of his career that record would have gone long time ago.Congratulations to Ronnie and all his fans.
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Johnajax 9 years ago
Again Ronnie Osullivan showed us how great player he is. He is best player I ever seen and I watch snooker for a long time since first time eurosport start to show this sport. He is very calm and he is really great sportsman also. I love snooker because of him and I hope that he will play for a long time :)
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