European Masters 2022 - Imperious Ronnie O'Sullivan into European Masters final after beating Liang Wenbo

Ronnie O'Sullivan booked his place in Sunday's European Masters final after seeing of Liang Wenbo with a 6-2 win in Milton Keynes. It was a masterclass from the 38-time ranking event winner who reeled off five consecutive frames and looked his very best at times with two centuries and near-impeccable potting. Ad/> O'Sullivan lost the first frame of the match after running out of position on a run of 54, letting Liang in for the steal with plenty of points left on the table.

And the Chinese star took it, sinking the remaining reds and putting together a break of 74 that cancelled out O'Sullivan´s half century. European MastersFan through to European Masters final after holding off Dott5 HOURS AGO But a run of 81 was enough to bring O'Sullivan level as he left Liang ruing an easy missed yellow early on in the frame. And from then onwards it was one-way traffic.

The world number two knocked in 72, punishing Liang again for an easy missed red when the underdog was 27 up. The fourth frame offered Liang a way back in but he could not take advantage of his opponent's rare mistakes. A breathtaking long red from the Rocket was follow by a missed yellow, but Liang missed a black off the spot moments later.

Another missed red from O'Sullivan sent Liang back to the table, but he failed to sink a long red himself and lost a costly frame as a break of 60 saw O'Sullivan take a 3-1 lead at the interval. A glorious break of 127 from O'Sullivan made it 4-1, and then another sparkling century put him on the verge of the final. O'Sullivan had potted 149 balls from 155 attempts on Saturday up to this point, but a missed red at 50 up in the seventh frame gave Liang hope.