Ronnie O'Sullivan reached the final of the Masters snooker tournament by defeating Mark Williams 6-5 in a thrilling match at Wembley Arena in London yesterday. The Londoner said afterwards: "I don't know how I won that. The way it started I expected to lose quite comfortably. I know Mark's ability. He's a competitor and it's good to see him playing well again. The things I had to go through, I was willing the balls in and I didn't know what I was doing from one shot to the next. I was wanting to make a game of it."
On Barry Hearn's observation he should adopt a more cheerful approach, O'Sullivan added: "The reason I don't like smiling is because I'm not confident. I don't expect to play well these days. I'm petrified going out there to play every time. It's going to be really hard for me in the final." O'Sullivan will play either Scotland's Stephen Maguire or England's Mark Selby in today's final.
