2013/2014 season: fifth Masters title and World Championship runner-up Ronnie O'Sullivan

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o sullivan after winning paul hunter classic


o sullivan started 2013/2014 season ranked number 19. although out of top 16, winning world championship previous season allowed him seeded in every tournament decided enter (number 1 in world championship 2014 , number 2, behind defending champion, others. personal reasons, pulled out of first ranking tournament of season, wuxi classic, shortly before due face michael wasley in qualifying round. in june 2013 competed in bulgarian open, first tournament appearance outside england in 15 months, lost 2–4 against john higgins in semi-finals. went on win paul hunter classic defeating gerard greene 4–0 in final. o sullivan qualified international championship defeating joel walker 6–1 in qualifying round, , defeated anthony mcgill 6–2 @ venue, before losing 4–6 against liang wenbo in last 32. after o sullivan reached final of antwerp open, lost 3–4 against mark selby, despite leading 3–1. in champion of champions defeated ding junhui , neil robertson in final frame deciders , went on win title defeating stuart bingham 10–8 in final. reached quarter-finals of uk championship, lost 4–6 against bingham, despite making breaks of 135 , 127 in match.



ronnie o’sullivan @ autograph session in berlin after not qualify german masters


at masters, o sullivan defeated robert milkins 6–1 in first round, before whitewashed ricky walden 6–0 in quarter-finals, match lasted 57 minutes , 48 seconds. during match scored 556 points without reply, new record in professional event, beating previous record of 495 points set ding junhui @ 2007 premier league snooker. defeated stephen maguire 6–2 in semi-finals reach record tenth masters final, surpassing 9 appearances stephen hendry. facing defending champion mark selby in final, took 7–1 lead in first session, before going on 10–4 victory fifth masters title. on 22 january 2014, disciplinary committee of wpbsa issued statement o sullivan had been found in breach of association s members rules. fined him £6,000 , ordered him pay £1,000 in costs on 3 posts on personal twitter account, made in september , october 2013, deemed damaging image of sport. first post related match-fixing allegations, second suggestion had used performance-enhancing drugs, , third tweet described offensive . committee fined him additional £1,000 making abusive, insulting , disrespectful comments referee jan verhaas during december 2013 qualifying round german masters. incident arose after verhaas asked o sullivan tuck shirt in during match. o sullivan apologised conduct referee, stating felt unwell on day , venue overly warm.


at welsh open, o sullivan defeated ricky walden 4–1 in last 16, john higgins 5–1 in quarter-finals, , barry hawkins 6–2 in semi-finals. defeated ding junhui 9–3 in final win third welsh open title, , 26th ranking title of career. in last frame of final, compiled record 12th maximum break in professional competition, breaking previous record of 11 maximum breaks had held jointly stephen hendry. during season o sullivan competed @ players tour championship, , finished second on european tour order of merit, qualify players championship grand final. there defeated scott donaldson 4–0 in last 32, lost 3–4 against yu delu in last 16, despite making 140, highest break of tournament.


at world championship, o sullivan began title defence beating robin hull 10–4 in first round. playing joe perry in second round, o sullivan behind first 2 sessions, recovered win match 13–11. against shaun murphy in 16th world championship quarter-final of career, o sullivan took 13 of last 14 frames win match 13–3, session spare. defeated barry hawkins 17–7 in semi-finals, session spare, reach sixth world championship final. facing mark selby in final, o sullivan began strongly, taking 10–5 lead, lost 10 of next 12 frames trail 12–15. went on lose 14–18, first ever defeat in world championship final. @ around 1:30 a.m., on way home final, o sullivan , six-year-old son involved in car crash. neither o sullivan nor son injured. after world championship, new ranking system took effect, based on two-year rolling prize money list rather ranking points. meant o sullivan ended season ranked number 4.








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