Spate of century breaks suggest O’Sullivan can romp to Masters

Jamie Clark, Sports Editor | January 6, 2016

Ronnie O’Sullivan is back, and in devastating form ahead of the Masters Snooker 2016 – if his 100 per cent record in topping and winning Championship League Group One is any indicator.

800 not out

The Rocket surpassed the incredible milestone of 800 century breaks in competitive baize action en route to victory in his pool of this league format competition. O’Sullivan notched seven breaks in excess of 100, dropping just eight frames in as many matches, besting the likes of Mark Williams, John Higgins and Barry Hawkins.

Coral thus make Rocket Ronnie their firm 11/4 favourite to follow up with a sixth Masters success at Alexandra Palace, with the most prestigious non-ranking snooker event starting on Sunday, January 10th.

“I’m pleased to have had a few matches and I look forward to the Masters now,” said O’Sullivan. “It would be nice if I could bottle the scoring this week.

“To reach 800 is a nice milestone to get to. A thousand would be good, but I will probably have to play for another three or four years to get that.”