Stephen Hendry expects Ronnie O’Sullivan to have a ‘hell of a season’ if he continues like he plays as he has done so far this campaign.

The Rocket has played just two events so far this season and is yet to lift a trophy, but he produced some stunning snooker at the Saudi Arabia Masters last week.

The 49-year-old turned in one of the great performances in his 6-3 semi-final win over Chris Wakelin, making two 147s and a string of other big breaks.

The final against Neil Robertson looked to be going badly wrong at 7-2 behind, but he fought back to 7-7 before losing a deciding frame to be pipped to the title 10-9 by the Australian.

Hendry has loved what he has seen so far this campaign from O’Sullivan, even in his brief appearance at the Shanghai Masters which saw him beat Barry Hawkins

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