Ronnie O'Sullivan has named Sam Craigie as his new favourite player - tipping the Tyneside star to win a breakthrough title.
Craigie, 28, has long been considered a huge snooker talent but he made his mark at this month's UK Championship in York, where he knocked out defending champion Zhao Xintong on his impressive run to the quarter-finals.
The world no.37 is high on confidence and qualified for the German Masters with victories over Stephen Maguire and Jamie Clarke after his last-eight defeat to eventual winner Mark Allen at the Barbican Centre.
