Ronnie O'Sullivan is the Irish Masters champion! It looked like it was going to be a landslide when O'Sullivan raced to a 6-1 lead, but Stevens wasnt ready to bow out just yet as he fought back, eventually levelling it at 8-8. In the end Ronnie pushed through to take the match 10-8. Result: R O'Sullivan (Eng) 10-8 Matthew Stevens 22-77 66-2 81-0 73-24 74-27 87-0 68-12 13-84 58-70 0-135(135) 0-77 27-65 108(108)-0 0-123 93-6 19-74 90-25 69-68       Mark Williams was the first through in semi-final 2. He will play either Ronnie O'Sullivan or Gerard Greene. Stephen Lee got into a quick lead in the match, taking the first two frames. Williams wasn't intimidated by this and replied with a magnificent 141 break, followed by a 105!! Lee went ahead again but Williams always came back. Although he conceded two snookers in the tenth game, Lee missed a tricky brown, enabling him to close out the game. This has been a good tournament so far for Williams after a terrible start to the season, could this be the run he needs to spur himself into action? Result: M Williams (Wal) 6-4 S Lee (Eng) 16-118 (62), 1-80 (76), 141-0 (141), 105-14 (105), 1-67 (66), 99-7 (99), 102-0 (64), 7-93 (93), 79-47, 75-49 Ronnie's through to the semis! He won 6 - 4 against Gerard Green and now faces Mark Williams. Ronnie raced to a 4 - 1 lead, with notable breaks of 107 and 137, but it wasn't all plain sailing for the world number 1 as Greene fought back to make it 4 - 3. But O'Sullivan was in unstoppable form, with a break of 114 he went 5 - 3 up and after conceding the next he stamped his authority by clearing up with a 128 break to win the match. Result: R O'Sullivan (Eng) 6-4 G Greene (NI) 67-2, 107-1 (107), 56-81, 86-1, 137-7 (137), 19-92, 31-68, 126-0 (114), 27-50, 128-0 (128)       Matthew Stevens took out Stephen Hendry today in a close battle that went right to the wire! Stevens took the lead with back-to-back centurys to take the first two before Hendry fought back to take the following three. Stevens replied with a break of 106 to square it at 3 all only to see Hendry take the next two to go 2 up with three to play. A scrappy end saw Stevens battle hard, winning the next three to progress to the semis! Result: S Hendry (Sco) 5-6 M Stevens (Wal) 0-101 (101) 0-102 (102) 78-41 (78, 41) 107-30 (87) 134-0 (133) 20-106 (106) 98-7 (98) 76-31 (53) 10-81 33-68 30-76 (76) Robert Milkins moved into the next round today at the expense of Dave Harold. Harold has had a difficult season after breaking his wrist and has slipped down the provisional rankings as a consequence. Milkins started strong, but Harold fought back to level it at 2 - 2. In the end though Milkins powered through to victory, winning four of the next five, making breaks of 113, 73 and 85. Result: D Harold (Eng) 3-6 R Milkins (Eng) 1-79 45-79 (70) 64-54 79-28 57-66 (57-55) 24-113 (113) 79-28 1-73 (73) 22-85 (85)