 In the other semi @-@ final , Maguire ended O 'Sullivan 's 14 @-@ match unbeaten run with a 6 – 1 victory to earn a place in the final against Higgins . Maguire made century breaks in the first two frames , becoming the first player to make five consecutive century breaks ( including the three made in his previous match ) . Maguire won the third on the pink after O 'Sullivan missed the yellow . O 'Sullivan won the next with a break of 51 , before Maguire made a break of 71 in each of the final two frames . After the match , O 'Sullivan — who had won all three previous encounters against Maguire — said , " I ’ ve never seen anything like that on a snooker table before ... He 's a great player , probably the best in the world at the moment " , and even before the match , O 'Sullivan had described Maguire as " of the young ones , definitely the best " . The defeat meant that Reardon lost the £ 100 bet he placed at 150 – 1 that O 'Sullivan would win all eight of the season 's ranking events . 
