Ronnie O'Sullivan hits back-to-back centuries in victory over Kyren Wilson in Macau before dispatching Stuart Bingham
Updated 28/12/2024 at 18:17 GMT
Ronnie O'Sullivan maintained his excellent form at the Macau Masters with a 5-2 victory over world champion Kyren Wilson. The Rocket finished off in style with back-to-back centuries to wrap up the win. The seven-time Crucible winner then ended his tournament with a dominant 5-1 win against Stuart Bingham, having already recorded wins over Jack Lisowski, Marco Fu and Si Jiahui this week.
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Ronnie O'Sullivan hit back-to-back centuries to wrap up a 5-2 victory over world champion Kyren Wilson at the invitational Macau Masters on his way to a clean sweep of five straight wins.
O'Sullivan followed up his Wilson win with a 5-1 triumph over Stuart Bingham later on Saturday as he continued his fine form at the festive exhibition event hosted by the Wynn Palace Hotel.
The Rocket had earlier recorded impressive victories over Marco Fu (5-3) on Boxing Day and Si Jiahui (5-2) a day later, having beaten Jack Lisowski (5-4) on Christmas Day.
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In Macau, the seven-time world champion and Wilson traded the opening two frames during a closely fought start to the contest.
However, O'Sullivan stormed into a 2-1 lead with a stunning break of 131 to take the third.
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The 23-time Triple Crown winner was 3-1 up shortly after, making a visit of 86 as he looked to wrap up a quick win over his fellow Brit.
However, the world No. 2 kept his hopes of victory alive with a strong showing to win the fifth frame.
That only seemed to spur O'Sullivan on, as he made a run of 135 to go 4-2 up.
O'Sullivan wrapped up an emphatic victory with another century, producing a break of 112 to seal a 5-2 win.
O'Sullivan records dominant win over Bingham
O'Sullivan followed up his win against Wilson with a dominant 5-1 victory against Bingham, producing three centuries to dispatch his compatriot.
The world No. 24 cruised to victory in the opening frame to take a 1-0 lead.
Bingham could have made it 2-0 after a visit of 56 put him in a commanding position in the second, but The Rocket battled back with a half-century of his own to level the match at 1-1.
He took the lead in the contest for the first time in sensational style, producing a break of 134 for the second time today to storm into a 2-1 lead.
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It was 3-1 just moments later after O'Sullivan pulled another century out of the bag.
He was on for a 147 maximum break in the fifth but broke down at 80, and had to settle for a 4-1 lead.
That meant O'Sullivan was just one frame away from victory, and he made no mistake as he wrapped up a commanding 5-1 win with a visit of 116.
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