Masters snooker 2021 – Ronnie O'Sullivan shot delights commentators - 'Was worth at least four'

ByBen Snowball

Updated 13/01/2021 at 16:06 GMT

A brilliant shot from Ronnie O'Sullivan against Ding Junhui was made even better by the camera angle, earning rave reviews from Eurosport commentary duo Dave Hendon and Joe Johnson. O’Sullivan was bidding for a record-extending eighth Masters title in Milton Keynes and a first title of the 2020-21 season.

Ronnie O’Sullivan had the Eurosport commentary box purring after sinking a brilliant red during his Masters match with Ding Junhui on Wednesday afternoon.

Returning from the mid-session interval 3-1 behind, the world champion arrowed a red into the bottom right corner to spark a break of 60 and spark hopes of a revival.

"They don’t get any harder than that," said Joe Johnson in the Eurosport commentary box.

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"There should be something up there [in the stats] about the difficulty of a shot. That was worth at least four."

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Dave Hendon alongside him concurred: "Great camera angle as well, seeing it go in straight. Beautiful."

Meanwhile, O’Sullivan revealed to Eurosport he was “absolutely gone” before suffering a shock early exit at the UK Championship in November, blaming an increase in running mileage.

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