O’Sullivan 0-0 Carter (46-12)
Effortlessly clearing a path for the back to both corners, he picks off loose balls, no need to break the cluster, and his ability to nagivate a route through a break, removing the right balls in the right order, is unparalleled.
O’Sullivan 0-0 Carter (9-12)
Ronnie’s first go at a long pot and he doesn’t get that close, but when Ali gets in, in a lovely position about the black spot, he misses a sitter of a red! That is going to cost him.
O’Sullivan 0-0 Carter (0-1)
Ronnie is wearing a brown-gold short and old-skool big bowtie, Doug Mountjoy-style; I wonder what he means by that. Anyroad Ali spanks in a starter but lands on nothing, then sticks a safety behind the green which Ronnie escapes well. He looks dialled-in here, and will know Ali’s never beaten him in a last-eight or better. But Ali’s having the season of his life, lead 6-3 in the Masters final and played beautifully last evening, so.
Ronnie and Ali give dap
All cordial so far.
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