Intro:

World number one Neil Robertson thrashes defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-1 to reach his third Masters snooker final.

Script:

Alexandra Palace in London witnessed Neil Robertson deliver a royal thumping to defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan in the Masters snooker semi-final.

Robertson surged into a 3-0 lead, before Englishman O'Sullivan got on the scoreboard with a century, but the Australian won the next three in a row to triumph.

The Thunder from Down Under made breaks of 100, 66 and 60 to end O'Sullivan's 15-match winning run in all competitions.

The match pitted together snooker's record century-maker in O'Sullivan and Robertson, who compiled more than 100 century breaks last season.

O'Sullivan won the Champion of Champions tournament and the UK Championship in the lead-up to this tournament but The Rocket failed to achieve lift-off today.

Robertson will be aiming to win his second Masters crown when he faces Shaun Murphy or Mark Allen in Sunday's final.