UK Championship semifinals

So the semifinals are over and the finalists are *drum roll please*:Stephen Maguire and Ronnie O’Sullivan. While the Murphy-Maguire was somewhat boring and uneventful, ending with a 9-5 score, I absolutely loved the Selby-O’Sullivan game. After a great start from Selby, Ronnie finally caught up at 7-7 and then took the lead for the first time at 8-7. Selby won the next frame and the score became 8-8 and then came the final frame! A beautiful game in which Ronnie proved once again why he is considered by many one of the greatest snooker players and managed the magic 147 break, equaling Hendry’s record of most maximum breaks in official competitions(eight). Now, I’m a little bummed that Selby didn’t win but they both deserved the victory and there can only be one winner(oddly enough :P). I’m betting on O’Sullivan to win the final but both he and Maguire are great players so it will be a very interesting game to watch.