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| Ronnie O'Sullivan seals fourth world title with his son Ronnie Junior (right) |
O'Sullivan led Ali Carter by 10-7 overnight and
he had a blinking start in the third session as well. The Rocket blasted to
take all four frames before mid interval to lead Ali Carter by 14-7. We were
thinking if there would be night session as Ronnie only needed four more to
lift up the trophy.
The Captain finally won his first frame in the
third session during frame 22. He added another two frames on the scoreboard
with breaks of 105 and 53, looked forward to take another frame at the end of
third session to reduce the deficit. Notwithstanding Carter tried hard,
O'Sullivan won the last frame with efforts of 64 and 55 to go 15-10 ahead. He
just required three more frames in the last session to crown.
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| Ronnie O'Sullivan |
First frame of the night session went to
Ronnie's hand before Carter put up a fight in the next to trail 11-16. Carter
would love to drag the match into mid interval but The Rocket won the other two
frames required to seal his fourth World Title. Ronnie Junior and Ronnie's
mother Maria were delighted, joining the celebrations.
Ronnie O'Sullivan replaces John Higgins to
become the oldest player to win the World Championship, at age of 36 and five
months. He now shares the same number of World Title (four) and 24 ranking
titles with John Higgins. The Rocket has beaten three World Champions (Ebdon,
Williams, Robertson) and two World Finalists (Stevens, Carter) on the road to
conquer the Crucible for the fourth time.
Ronnie held his son tightly
through out the whole prize ceremony, he said: "I didn't think I'd
ever get the opportunity to share a moment like this with my son Ronnie so it's
so nice to have him here. He loves snooker, I've tried to turn him off it but
he's having none of it. I got a bit emotional even before the match was over
because I felt it was just me and him in the whole arena. It's the best feeling
I've ever had in my life.''
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| O'Sullivan: It's the best feeling I've ever had in my life |
He also thanked Dr. Steve
Peters for helping him along the way, ''we're fortunate to be able to play this
game, so it's allowed me to be happy in my life and enjoy the game as well. I'm
not a better player, I'm just giving myself more of a chance I suppose.''
Being asked about if he would
retire after the massive victory, "I've had a long time to think
about everything I've done. I'm not saying I have retired but what I am saying
is that my family has become the most important thing in my life. I've made
plans, but I'm making no knee-jerk reactions, I'm taking a few months off and
I'll assess the situation. I know there's a big responsibility for me to
promote the game and I think I do do that, and if I could play in every
tournament I would but it's hard sometimes.''
The runner-up Carter said:
"I'm just disappointed to lose. I didn't feel like I played well in the
final, Ronnie put me under all kinds of pressure out there, his safety was
unbelievable, even his break offs had me in trouble every time. I was pleased I
did compete and I'll be back next year. Ronnie played the better snooker
so he's going to get the luck, but the better man won. He's a genius and it's
the Ronnie O'Sullivan show.''
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| Carter: I'm just disappointed to lose |
First of all congratulations to
Ronnie. He played a great tournament with consistency in the past 17 days. I am
happy to see him having better mentality compared to his last two appearances
at the Crucible. He has got the right mind after winning the German Masters in
February. I hope that he can keep this to play on the next year.
Although Carter lost to
O'Sullivan again in the final after 2008, his journey to get to the final is
good enough for the man who has been struggling with Crohn's disease in the
past 12 months. The moment that he beaten Judd Trump 13-12 from 9-12 down was
huge. It was completely out of my expectation, indeed in a good way. Carter
lost his top 16 place despite reaching the final, I truly believe he
will get back into the elites very soon.
