O'Sullivan begins Masters campaign with dominant win over Brecel

Ronnie O'Sullivan delighted the Alexandra Palace crowd with a dominant 6-1 win over Luca Brecel in the first round of the Cazoo Masters.

The Rocket began with a break of 97 in the opener and raced into a 3-0 advantage, with the Belgian both unfortunate and ruing some basic errors in losing tight second and third frames.

He deservedly got on the scoreboard with a century before the interval.

However O’Sullivan produced sublime snooker when the players returned, making a 134 clearance following a sloppy Brecel break-off and followed it up with another century to go within one of victory.

The seven-time world champion then clinched victory in three visits as Brecel's game crumbled and will play Mark Williams or David Gilbert in the quarter-finals on Thursday.

The action at the Masters continues at 7pm as John Higgins takes on Jack Lisowski.