Dafabet News 2015 Ronnie O’Sullivan has now set a new record for career centuries with his 776th a 101 in the first frame of a 6-1 defeat of Marcu Fu and believes 1000 is now reachable.
The crowd at Alexandra Palace rose to their feet to acclaim the snooker genius and the clapping went for almost 2 minutes.
The local favourite from Chigwell needed just 104 minutes to end the challenge of Hong Kong’s Fu and set up a meeting with Neil Robertson or Ali Carter on Saturday at 1pm O’Sullivan is chasing a sixth Masters crown, which would equal another Hendry record and the third event title in a row.
Quotes Ronnie:
“It’s a nice record to have,” said O’Sullivan. “I’m glad it was out of the way early today so I could focus on playing and winning the tournament. It has taken me 21 years to do it so it was nice to have a couple of minutes of clapping, but I didn’t want it to over-shadow what we were there to do, which was to play a match. To get to 1,000 centuries is definitely achievable and worth going for.
“I was pleased with my attitude today, I played every ball as if it counted, from start to finish. Even at 5-1 I wasn’t thinking it was over because Marco can win three or four frames in a row. Nicking the close frames can be more important than making big breaks, so it was massive to win the fourth and be 3-1 up at the interval.”
