In amongst all the excitement of the maximum break, people will probably forget that Mark Williams - who lost to Ronnie in that match - has dropped out of the world's top 16 now.

BBC: John Parrott on O'Sullivan's 147

"Everyone is on the limit here, running wide, using the maximum amount of track and the kerbs and unfortunately it started to break up, " he told reporters.

CNN: Raikkonen on a roll at Jerez