Ronnie O'Sullivan says his long game is 'laughable'

RONNIE O'Sullivan was again thoroughly underwhelmed with his performance after beating Peter Ebdon 6-3 in their Pokerstars.com Masters quarter-final at Wembley Arena yesterday.

O'Sullivan delivered a scathing appraisal of his game after fighting back from 3-0 down to beat Neil Robertson in the last round, saying a lot of the time he was playing "sub-standard shots".

There appeared little to be unhappy with early on yesterday as the Essex potter raced into a 4-0 lead in just over an hour but O'Sullivan was especially unhappy with how he finished the contest.

"Peter could have won the game quite easily," he said. "I would rather be 3-0 down and hit a bit of momentum than be 3-0 up and feel like I'm stalling when I come to the table.

"The long game I've got at the moment is just laughable."