The Rocket Sets Himself a Challenge | Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Ding Junhui | 2006 NIT Final

Bottom center of your screen, you can see the scoreline. Ding Chun Wee leading Ronnie O'Sullivan here in this fascinating final. Six frames to four. They've each taken one so far this evening. But it's Ronnie first in here, in frame number eleven. Eight. Nine. Sixteen. Well, he should play the one to the middle, really. It's the better percentage. Well, I'll tell you what, that's a cracking shot. It is calculated to come off those reds and split them open. He could have taken the easier one to the middle. But he chose to open them up. Great shot. Thirty-four. This is the stuff which makes such great entertainment for these audiences, isn't it, Mike? He's getting in the mood. Thirty. He needs to. Thirty. If he is to run out the winner here. Forty. Forty-one. Forty-eight. Well, I just noticed there's a plant there to the same pocket as well that opens up a red to the left corner. You would expect him to win this frame from here. We shouldn't say things like that, should we? We know sometimes things happen straight afterwards. But the run of sixteen frames has ended, actually. After the seventh frame of the match, the eighth did not produce a half-century. But a run of sixteen consecutive frames in Ronnie O'Sullivan's matches with at least a half-century. And they've enjoyed every minute of this. Wow. Biting his nails there. Sixty-three. Sixty-eight. Next red is frame ball. And he should run the frame comfortably now. I don't think we'll see any more additional in this one. As near to its own spot as possible. Topside. And in line down the middle of the table. Seventy-six. And a lovely split by Ronnie there. Oh, this is magic stuff. This is more like he was playing against Dominic Dale yesterday. Oh, he's talking them down. Mm, yeah, he's taking them out from the cushion as well. Eighty-three. Are we going to see his seventh century of the week here? And he's just nudged that red into an even more marvellous little nudge there. Ah, he's just asking about the high break. Because he's on ninety-eight. Forty-three left. One. Three. One. My maths has gone awry now. Honestly, he's asked for the break prize, not the high break. He's on a one-four-one. Quiet now, please. And the high break is Dominic Dale's one-three-seven at the moment. Ninety-nine. So he doesn't necessarily have to take the black here. Oh, he's left it dangerously close to the cushion on ninety-nine. I'd be surprised if he knocks this in. Oh, my goodness, did we ever doubt him. Well, that's his seventh century of the week. Career number four-hundred-and-forty-two. One-hundred-and-six. Now, can he get the high break off Dominic Dale? He can still get one-hundred-and-forty. One-hundred-and-fifteen. And this is something he's done thousands of times. These last six colours all on their spots. Should have equalled it this afternoon. One-three-seven. This is better. He won't miss these. I wonder if Dominic is watching. I'm sure he is. Probably what he's saying at the moment is unrepeatable. One-hundred-and-twenty-two. One-hundred-and-twenty-seven. Well, Dominic sat and admired. There wasn't much else he could do when Ronnie was beating him yesterday. And now, I imagine, he's admiring him once again. This plaque then for a one-hundred-and-forty total table clearance by Ronnie the Rocket O'Sullivan. He's done it.