O'Sullivan dethroned by Robertson at snooker Masters semis

Neil Robertson dethroned Ronnie O'Sullivan at the snooker Masters with a stunning 6-1 victory at the semifinals here on Saturday.

The world No. 1 Australian, the 2012 Masters winner, will on Sunday fight for the champion against Shaun Murphy, who beat Mark Allen 6-2 in the other semifinal.

Robertson put up a superb display against five-time Masters winner O'Sullivan, who suffered his first ever defeat in a Masters semifinal after ten previous wins at that stage.

"Beating Ronnie here is a really special achievement for me," said the 32-year-old Robertson. "It was an amazing atmosphere. That's why I wanted to have a crack at him in the World Championship final last year, because he's the only player who can create that kind of atmosphere."

O'Sullivan said: "Neil played a great game and had me in lots of trouble. I missed a lot of balls and made a lot of mistakes. I knew it was coming eventually because I've been scraping through matches. The last time I played good consistent stuff was here and at the Welsh Open last season. Since then I've probably only played two good matches - the rest of the time I've just been digging in. Neil played well enough to expose my weaknesses - he took me apart."

"I'm not the player I was 18 months ago, but I think I can get it back by playing in more tournaments. You can't go missing for five or six frames, as I am doing. I had years of that, and it makes things tough."

Murphy fought back from two frames down to claim six in a row.

The final will be on a best-of-19 frame format on Sunday, with the winner to collect the trophy and 200,000 pounds of top prize.

Murphy said: "Neil is world number one, he's won all of these events before, he's beaten Ronnie O'Sullivan today and I would make him massive favorite. My head to head record against him is poor, he has beaten me comfortably on many occasions. But I will try my hardest, and I wouldn't want to face me, running at me."

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