European Masters 2022: Ronnie O'Sullivan through to last-64 after Nigel Bond victory, Neil Robertson beats Lei Peifan

Ronnie O’Sullivan progressed through to round two of the European Masters after cruising to a 5-1 win over Nigel Bond in Milton Keynes. It was the first meeting between the men in more than 23 years, after going head-to-head at the Scottish Masters in October 1998. Ad/> O’Sullivan had won all six of the pair’s previous meetings, and he did so here again tonight with a comprehensive victory.

European MastersEuropean Masters – O'Sullivan hits magical 132 in opening win over Bond16 HOURS AGO Asked afterwards how he continues to maintain a positive mindset, he said: «I’m pretty much in a good place all the time really. »If I have a bad moment it affects me so I focus on just feeling good all the time, doing the things that I want to do all the time. It might sound selfish but I love what I do.

«I love my life and I just want to enjoy every moment of it. »Sometimes there are things that you are not going to want to do but I’ve just accepted that if that’s maybe 10 per cent of my life then we all have to do things at some point that we don’t want to do. I’m happy to accept that as a trade-off.

Otherwise everything is fine." /> The Rocket raced into a 3-0 lead, but Bond managed to secure the fourth frame to reduce the deficit to 3-1. However, a break of 132 in the fifth frame by O’Sullivan and a further break of 50 in the sixth frame was enough to secure a 5-1 victory. /> In truth, the six-time world champion was rarely troubled and he sets up a last-64 encounter with Zhang Anda on Tuesday afternoon.