Mark Selby 1-7 Ronnie O'Sullivan (first to 10 frames, best of 19 frames 2 sessions)
Frame 1: Early nerves from Selby 3 long reds missed you daren't give the Rocket a sniff, the Rocket is in the balls remember he doesn't usually hang around so if you need a cuppa get it quick because the frame could well be done before you get back to your chosen seating arrangements! Like I said he doesn't hang around! Ronnie seals the frame in double quick time 97 great break! 1-0 O'Sullivan.
Frame 2: Clean as a whistle pot from Ronnie he could be in again! 48 at the moment cue ball is on a thin wire for Ronnie controls it so well, breaks down on 70 frame definitely over, Selby potting some balls for table time, 2-0 O'Sullivan.
Frame 3: Ronnie in again frame over in 2 visits imperious form 96 break 3-0 O'Sullivan.
Frame 4: Mark pots a lovely long red runs out of position on 7, 20 break for Selby reds down the table at the moment, Ronnie hampered over the yellow safety battle being won by Ronnie at the current stage, Selby had a little visit lost his concentration, great safety though from the man from Leicester behind yellow & brown, Ronnie gets out of it though by hitting a red onto the bottom cushion, 45 from Ronnie leads by 13, colours left now, Mark potted yellow couldn't develop the green, Ronnie has to pot the green by swerving round the pink, Ronnie seals the frame 4-0 O'Sullivan at the interval.
Frame 5: First one after the mid session interval and Ronnie looks as though he hasn't been affected by the break, 37 for Ronnie missed blue, Selby only has 6 points in this frame, safety battle going on now, Mark gets 3 points, great red along the bottom cushion from Ronnie, the Rocket wins the frame with a break of 47 5-0 O'Sullivan.
Frame 6: A 53 break from Ronnie a good start to the frame, 36 from Selby one red & colours left, Mark pots the red & the colours 5-1 O'Sullivan
Frame 7: This frame has started on the tactical side a lot of colours down the black ball end yellow, blue, pink, black all tying each other up, Selby given 7 points after Ronnie fouls on the black trying to connect with a red he did 2nd time, Selby missed a pot, Ronnie back in, not as many points as the Rocket has hoped 2 point lead in this one, Mark Selby produces a lovely pot on the red along the cushion, 37 for Mark this is better, Ronnie gets 35 a re-spotted black! Ronnie pots the black in the middle 6-1 O'Sullivan.
Frame 8: 25 points for Mark at the start of this 8th frame, Ronnie in the balls 36 break, Ronnie in a spot of bother behind the blue almost got out of it first time was very close! Got it 2nd time, Ronnie levels the score with a long red, another fantastic red along the cushion BBC's John Parrott & Dennis Taylor saying Ronnie plays them so well, I wouldn't argue! At the end of the session 7-1 O'Sullivan.
Ronnie
O'Sullivan will take a commanding lead into the final session of the Masters
after winning seven of the first eight frames against Mark Selby at Alexandra
Palace.
O'Sullivan, 38, raced into a 5-0 lead before Selby finally won a frame.
The defending champion had chances to win the seventh frame but a missed black proved costly.
O'Sullivan, who won the Masters in 1995, 2005, 2007 and 2009, then took the final frame of the first session.
Selby won the tournament in 2008, 2010 and 2013 and faces a difficult task in the evening session with the first to 10 taking the title, but it has been done before.
In 2004 Paul Hunter was trailing by the same scoreline to O'Sullivan before eventually winning 10-9, taking the final three frames to secure his sixth professional title.
I'm back at 1900 for the remainder of the final! See you then!
Mark Selby 4-10 Ronnie O'Sullivan
Frame 9: Ronnie was in amazing form this afternoon, Selby plays a poor safety, Ronnie gets a long red to start the evening's proceedings, then he gets amongst the balls, frame sealed by the Rocket 90 break 8-1 O'Sullivan.
Frame 10: Going to sound like I'm being repetitive but I assure I try not to be Ronnie is in again breaks down on 41 as Ronnie misses a red into the yellow pocket, 36 from Selby 5 points behind O'Sullivan, Ronnie needed the brown to put Mark in snookers required stage he missed! Amazing! Mark clears to the pink, misses the black off the spot! Ronnie missed the black, Mark didn't 2nd time! 8-2 O'Sullivan.
Frame 11: 26 for Ronnie mind you balls all covering each other, Mark with a confidence boosting long red, 2 in a row for Selby as he takes the frame with a 67. 8-3 O'Sullivan.
Frame 12: Ronnie has the lead in this frame pink & black tied up on the bottom cushion, colours left Ronnie flukes the yellow the Rocket needs one more frame 9-3 O'Sullivan.
Frame 13: 9 point lead for Selby takes the frame with 67. 9-4 O'Sullivan.
Frame 14: Mark starts with a break of 17 in this frame awkward table, Ronnie in the balls
can he clinch the title in this frame, a 72 from the Rocket surely seals this one! It does
Ronnie O'Sullivan is the 2014 Masters Champion 10-4 O'Sullivan
Ronnie
O'Sullivan clinched his fifth Masters title with a 10-4 win over 2013 champion
and world number two Mark Selby at Alexandra Palace.
The world champion won the first five frames and held a 7-1 lead at the end of the first session.
A mini revival by Selby saw him win three of four frames before O'Sullivan completed his victory.
"All wins are good - coming into this week I wasn't sure how I would perform but I played well," said O'Sullivan.
"I want to congratulate Mark on a brilliant tournament. He is a very consistent player so I'm pleased to have won. It is a miracle - I don't know how I won it this week.
"Playing Mark you expect he will take you all the way and sometimes the worst thing you can do is build a lead because you never feel you are near the winning line," added the 38-year-old.
It was the fifth time in seven years Selby had reached the final but he could only look on as O'Sullivan took control.
Things might have been different had the defending champion taken chances to win the seventh frame to close to 5-2 but a missed black proved costly and O'Sullivan - champion in 1995, 2005, 2007 and 2009 - capitalised, before going on to take the final frame of the session.
He continued where he left off in the final session, taking the first frame to make it 8-1 in the best-of-19 frame final.
It was O'Sullivan's turn to miss a black in the ninth frame, and Selby accepted the chance to record only his second frame of the final.
The 30-year-old from Leicester, who also won the tournament in 2008 and 2010, managed two further frames but could not prevent the inevitable.
"Ronnie started great. I had a few shots but he is fantastic at taking his chances," said Selby.
"I had a good chance in the fourth frame of the evening session but when he is in front he steamrollers you. The damage was done in the first session and you need to be on top."
Thanks for joining me see u in April for the 2014 World Championships good night!
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