Awesome O'Sullivan destroys Maguire

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O'Sullivan fired in a century in the opening frame and added further breaks of 84, 66, 136 and 70 to complete an emphatic 6-1 victory.

In contrast Maguire, who had been so impressive in beating Neil Robertson in the quarter-finals, managed a highest break of just 44 and looked completely out of touch.

The only frame he won was the third, when O'Sullivan gave away 16 points attempting to get out of a snooker, eventually leaving Maguire a free ball.

The Scot was in first in the fourth frame but managed just 28 and O'Sullivan stepped in with a break of 84 to lead 3-1 at the interval.

The world champion then stepped up a gear to take the next three frames as well as Maguire never threatened to get back into the match.

Selby had earlier booked his place in a second successive Masters final with a 6-2 victory over John Higgins.

Higgins led 2-1 at Wembley Arena before Leicester's Selby rattled off the next five frames in a row.

Five of Selby's previous six Masters matches had gone down to the final frame but for once he made life easy for himself with a much improved performance after the mid-session interval.

A century put Selby 3-2 ahead and after he took the sixth frame as well, the right-hander made a break of 82 to get within one frame of victory.