The Masters

Even when behind Ronnie dug deep to equalise at 6-6 and the final battle saw Ronnie showing his unbeatable determination to take himself to the finish line.
Carter just couldn't get himself anywhere near to finishing what he set out to do.
It's hard to stay positive when facing the force of the rocket.

At the interval when they were talking about Carter not making many mistakes, I wanted Parrott to say "yeah, just one big one" and then prod Davis in the face to demonstrate. From 3-6 behind to 10-7 triumph is quite the turnaround.

Hendry made a similar comment in the Murphy match, that Ronnie sometimes seems to need to be punched first, to wake up to the challenge. I think there is some truth that he wants to be pushed, because after 30+ years, thousands of frames, breaks, etc, it must all become a blur.

Well done him anyway

Masters - first round matches

Ronnie O’Sullivan v John Higgins
Kyren Wilson v Zhang Anda
Judd Trump v Barry Hawkins
Mark Selby v Ali Carter
Mark Allen v Si Jiahui
Mark Williams v Ding Junhui
Luca Brecel v Chris Wakelin
Shaun Murphy v Gary Wilson

Class of 92 opening salvo.