Joakim Andersson

Last night Mark Selby easily won the final in the Masters with 10-3 over Stephen Lee. While that might not have been that tough, Selby won his previous three matches 6-5 to reach the final.

To first go though that and then cruise the final like he did is quite impressive.

The unpredictable Ronnie O’Sullivan will probably keep his loyal fans but a charismatic player like Mark Selby showing consistent results will for sure charm the crowds.

Don’t get me wrong, I love to watch Ronnie play snooker but you just never know what you get. Sometimes he will be brilliant, at other times though he just totally stink. On the other hand watching Selby you know you are going to get good snooker.

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Not that surprising considering the 8-0 lead from the afternoon session. Ronnie is now back at first place on the provisional ranking.

It seems like Ronnie O’Sullivan’s game has finally come together and he’s playing solid good snooker once again. Stephen Maguire on the other hand is totally out of balance and he can’t hit a ball!

After the afternoon session of the UK Championship final Ronnie is leading 8-0. That’s right. He won every single frame played in the session. He’s like a whole new man compared to yesterday’s semi-final.

The evening session starts at 2000GMT but it won’t be long. There is no way Maguire can recover from this.

"He had the upper hand, he’s a tough player and a tough competitor. I was losing it midway at 6-3 down, I was struggling out there, but I had to find a way of staying focused."

O’Sullivan revealed he did so by counting spots on the side of a spoon.

"There were 108 dots on either side, and I was counting them in twos and threes," he explained. "It was my little mental exercise.

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Is it just me that finds that quite odd? 

Mark Selby took an early lead and it looked more and more gloomy for Ronnie O’Sullivan. But then he managed to change the tide and draw even at 7-7. Ronnie won the next frame as well, and for the first time in the match he was in front. However, Mark Selby fought back the next frame and forced a 17th and deciding frame.

Ronnie O’Sullivan started the final frame and after the break off shot he had left a long red in black’s left corner for Mark Selby to attack. He couldn’t resist the attack but failed to pot the red leaving Ronnie a long red in black’s right corner.

Ronnie confidently potted the long red and then kept on doing red and black balls in rapid succession. Suddenly a maximum break is within reach and he’s not stopping! He goes on to win the final deciding frame in the semi-final by doing a maximum break. The man is great!

The final tomorrow between Ronnie O’Sullivan and Stephen Maguire is going to be interesting. They’ve met before with various results and Maguire has been playing quite good recently. The final starts tomorrow at around 15 on eurosport.se and they start to show it on Eurosport 1 at 21.

Now it’s the evening session and we’re in middle of the 12th frame which Selby is about to win. If he does so he will lead 7-5 over O’Sullivan, in this first to nine won frames match.

It’s looking grim for Ronnie who spent most of this frame polishing a spoon, for some very unknown reason. Kim, over beloved swedish Eurosport commentator, named this frame the spoon frame. Which I found hillarious.