LATEST NEWS: Ronnie O’Sullivan in the Masters final.
Fans criticized ALI CARTER for initially declining to receive his medal as the runners-up at the Masters.
The legendary Ronnie O’Sullivan defeated the snooker player 10-7 in the Masters final.
In defiance of his runners-up medal, Ali Carter
Carter, who has never won a big snooker match, had a 5-3 lead after the afternoon session, but The Rocket took the lead in the evening play due to some sloppy potting.
O’Sullivan, who has previously won the UK Championship, is aiming for perfection in the snooker Triple Crowns this season. He won the final four frames to secure victory and maintain his dreams of a £1 million Ronnie Slam.
Carter must start over from scratch, and his disappointment was evident to everyone in Ally Pally.
Steve Dawson, the chairman of the World Snooker Tour, gave the world number 10 his runner-up medal, but he refused to let Dawson put it around his neck and instead held it in his hand.
While some fans thought Carter was a bitter loser, others acknowledged that it was a difficult defeat for him to bear.
“Bad loser,” one said. He was going to tie the man around his neck with a bunch of money when he came in second. It shouldn’t be difficult for someone to deal with, and if it is, he needs to critically examine his mindset.”
“Cannot stand football players/teams that refuse or take off their runner-up medals either,” another person said in agreement. Neglectful disposition.”
A contrary viewpoint was expressed by a fan, who wrote: “Don’t blame him, he wanted a major and lost it – good to see he was gutted and just didn’t accept it.”
And another commented: “Could it be he doesn’t want someone to put a losers medal around his neck?”
O’Sullivan now has eight Masters titles to his name, taking his overall major wins to 23.
He is also the oldest player to win the tournament at 48-years-old and the youngest – a record he also
